Rep. Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.

A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-20C-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to printed provider directories and accuracy, so as to exempt standalone dental plans from the requirement of printed directories for certain entities; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to domestic relations, so as to provide for de facto custodians custody arrangements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 and Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance and labor and industrial relations, respectively, so as to provide for licensure of a representative of a professional employer organization who engages in counseling, advising, or rendering opinions as to the benefits promised under a contract of insurance or as to its terms, value, effect, advantages, or disadvantages; to provide that rights, powers, and responsibilities of professional employer organizations are not to be construed to exempt any person from the licensure requirements of Chapter 23 of Title 33; 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 15 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Law, so as to provide for review and accounting of work performed by attorneys at law under independent contract to the Department of Law who have been appointed or designated either specially or generally as an assistant attorney general; to establish such review and accounting requirements; to require certification of the completion of such reviews to certain legislative committee chairpersons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-23-64 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to transfer of funds from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System by judges, solicitors-general, or district attorneys and crediting service, so as to provide that any member of such retirement system shall be eligible to transfer funds; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public officers and employees, so as to repeal Chapter 17, relating to notaries public, and enact the "Revised Georgia Law on Notarial Acts of 2018"; to provide for application, construction, savings clause, interaction with federal law, and penalties; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to revise cross-references; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code, so as to change the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include children who are under the age of 18 years; to amend Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penal institutions, so as to clarify provisions relating to juveniles; 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 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to courts, so as to create a new Judicial Qualifications Commission; to provide for the powers, composition, and appointment of such commission; to amend Code Section 50-14-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain proceedings exempted from open meetings requirements, so as to remove any exemptions for meetings of the Judicial Qualifications Commission; to provide effective dates; to provide for contingent automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dependency proceedings and termination of parental rights, respectively, so as to prioritize the placement of a child with a relative who is an adult or fictive kin when such individual is qualified to care for such child and it is in the best interests of the child; 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 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal courts generally, so as to provide the removal of appointed municipal court judges under certain circumstances; to provide for procedure; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.