Rep. Paulette Rakestraw

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to change provisions relating to professional land surveyors; to change and add certain defined terms; to provide for land surveyor interns; to change certain educational and examination requirements; to provide certain exceptions; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing Mr. L. Douglas Griffith and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mortgages, conveyances to secure debt, and liens, in general, so as to provide protections for military service members in the event of foreclosures or other proceedings to enforce secured obligations; to define a term; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Cadet Robbie Daugherty of North Paulding High School for earning the title of Ultimate Raider Champion at the 2017 United States Army JROTC Raider National Championships; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Raider Teams of the North Paulding High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and finding that pornography is a public health crisis leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to invasions of privacy, so as to prohibit sexual extortion; to provide for definitions; to provide for elements of the crime; to provide for penalties; to provide for venue; to amend Code Section 42-1-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Sexual Offender Registry, so as to provide a conforming cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating CareLink of Northwest Georgia, its board of directors and volunteers, and WellStar Health System on the occasion of establishing the CareLink Clinic in Dallas, Georgia; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to detention or arrest on suspicion of shoplifting or film piracy, so as to provide that merchants can offer persons suspected of theft an opportunity to complete a theft education program in lieu of prosecution; to provide for theft education programs; to provide for the contents and administration of such programs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION commending Leadership Paulding 28; and for other purposes