Rep. Shelly Hutchinson

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to food, drugs, and cosmetics, so as to require certain labeling on packages containing menstrual products; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for a penalty; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 46-1-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to governmental entities prohibited from restricting utility service connection or sale of fuels based on type and ability to choose utility service, so as to require the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations to gradually reduce, from 2025 to 2050, the carbon dioxide emissions from electric utilities; to require all electricity provided by an electric utility in this state to be generated from clean energy sources by 2050; to provide for a short title; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention, so as to require public disclosure of certain data pertaining to the health, safety, or other conditions of detention of inmates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inmate policies, so as to require certain mental illness evaluations of persons detained in a penal institution; to provide for definitions; to provide for reporting procedures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions related to governing and regulation of mental health, so as to statutorily require the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to create, operate, and maintain the Georgia Crisis and Access Line; to provide for definitions; to provide certain requirements and functionality of the access line; to provide for behavioral health care provider data; to require that the access line support calls with sufficient access to behavioral health services and supports; to require any state-operated registry of available inpatient psychiatric beds, crisis residential beds, or substance use disorder beds to report data for purposes of the access line; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to provide for mental health treatment alternatives to imprisonment; to provide for mental health treatment options while imprisoned; to provide for procedures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inmate policies, so as to provide for policies for breast milk storage and the breast feeding of a delivered child; to provide for definitions; to require the provision of breast pumps by the Department of Public Health; to provide for requirements for prenatal and postpartum care; to require a notice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions related to examination and treatment for mental illness, so as to require the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to create, operate, and maintain an electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses involving illegal aliens, so as to enact the "Undocumented Persons Family Violence Protection Act"; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide certain protections for undocumented persons who are victims of domestic violence; to provide for limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to authorize the Department of Public Health to carry out projects to increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease and to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death caused by valvular heart disease; to provide for priority of projects for target populations; to provide for coordination with other state agencies; to provide for the collection and publishing of data regarding best practices for healthcare providers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.