A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to warehousemen, so as to establish specific protections for consumers using a self-service storage facility; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements for an owner of a self-service storage facility; to provide for rental agreement requirements; to provide for unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practices; to amend Chapter 23 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing in insurance, so as to provide for certain disclosures by a limited licensee offering coverage for personal property stored at a self-service storage facility; to provide for requirements for such licensee; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored bills
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to establish the Refugee and International Students Equalization (RISE) program to provide for funding and wraparound services for eligible students; to provide for the definition of "international student"; to establish a program weight and teacher-student ratio for the RISE program in the QBE funding formula; 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 1 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding public officers and employees, so as to revise provisions regarding whistleblowers; to broaden the scope of persons who may report information to public employers; to expand the definition of the term "retaliation"; to extend the statute of limitations regarding public employer retaliation; to provide for a misdemeanor offense for violations; 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 Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of wells and drinking water, so as to establish the Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program; to provide for purpose, requirements, restrictions, and priorities of the program; 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 Part 5 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to program weights and funding requirements under Quality Basic Education, so as to revise provisions for the calculation and distribution of funds by the State Board of Education to local units of administration for student transportation programs; to require the State Board of Education to distribute to each local unit of administration up to 100 percent of projected costs of such local unit of administration's student transportation program, subject to exception; to provide for the use of vehicles in addition to school buses in student transportation programs; 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 Part 5 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to program weights and funding requirements under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for QBE funding assistance to eligible public schools to improve school safety infrastructure; to provide for eligibility; to provide for allowable uses of such funding; to provide for policies, procedures, regulations, and requirements; to provide for a short title; 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 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grand juries, so as to revise provisions regarding special grand jury impaneling 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 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide for the composition of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee; to provide for causes for which members of the committee may be removed from office; to provide for reports to the General Assembly by the committee; to provide for the filling of vacancies on the committee; to provide for compliance with confidentiality laws; to provide for investigations and reports in response to unauthorized disclosures of confidential information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide protections for warehouse distribution center workers; to require a covered employer to provide to a covered employee in a warehouse distribution center a written description of any quota or workplace surveillance; to prohibit unlawful quotas; to provide for paid break time for rest; to provide for appropriate training; to limit the collection and use of employee work speed data; to provide for record retention and cooperation with the Department of Labor; to provide for a right to request records; to provide for notice; to prohibit unlawful retaliation; to provide for a complaints process; to provide for enforcement; to provide for a private cause of action; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for assessments and appeals; 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 Part 5 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to program weights and funding requirements under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for grants by the State Board of Education to local units of administration to support students living in poverty; to provide for definitions; to require the State Board of Education to develop rules and regulations; to provide for the calculation of grant amounts; to provide that a minimum required portion of grant funds must be used by local units of administration for direct program expenditures for the benefit of the students living in poverty; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.