A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-21, Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26, Title 31, Article 1 of Chapter 26 of Title 43, and Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to controlled substances; health of students; pharmacies; health; registered professional nurses; and physicians, acupuncture, physician assistants, and others, respectively, so as to provide full practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses; to authorize the Georgia Board of Nursing to enact rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability; to provide for statutory construction under the Medical Practice Act; to repeal a provision on delegation of certain medical acts to advanced practice registered nurses by physicians; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored bills
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pretrial proceedings, so as to repeal the procedure for indictment or special presentment of a peace officer for a crime committed in the performance of his or her duties and the right to testify before a grand jury; to provide for conforming changes; to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for conforming changes; 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 Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to searches with warrants, so as to prohibit the use of no-knock search warrants; to provide for definitions; to change provisions relating to the issuance of search warrants; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to lottery for education, so as to provide that the Georgia Lottery Corporation shall offer one or more games to benefit homeless military veterans; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the deposit of proceeds into the general fund; to provide for a special account to be appropriated for veterans' programs; to provide for purposes for which appropriations shall be made; to provide for lapsing of funds; to provide for related matters; to provide a conditional effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of housing authorities generally, so as to require housing authorities to develop and implement policies granting housing preferences to veterans who are homeless individuals; to provide for exemptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the proceeds of one or more lottery games to benefit homeless military veterans; to provide for authorized purposes; to provide for appropriations; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery, so as to provide for the crime of aggravated strangulation by a peace officer; to provide for penalties for violations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Captain Andrea Hall; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income tax, so as to exempt from state income tax certain income received by taxpayers as retirement benefits from military service in the armed forces of the United States or the reserve components thereof; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities, so as to prohibit a local school system from leasing or selling a public school in such system to a private entity unless such public school has been in existence for at least 15 years; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.