Rep. Karen Mathiak

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing provisions relative to professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to provide for and change definitions; to change certain education requirements for licensure as a professional counselor or associate professional counselor; to provide for privileged communications with clients; to provide for statutory construction; 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 prohibit certain health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to the vaccine status of the potential recipient; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing January 31, 2024, as Licensed Professional Counselors Appreciation Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16, Chapter 4 of Title 30, and Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, rights of persons with disabilities, and uniform rules of the road, respectively, so as to change references to assistance and guide dogs to service dogs; to provide for definitions and conforming changes; to provide for a criminal penalty for a person who causes death or physical harm to a service dog; to provide for exceptions; to revise provisions relating to the use and training of service dogs; to provide for a penalty for persons who misrepresent the need for a service dog; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of PFC Hester Givens Massey; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing Together Georgia; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electrical service, so as to enact "The Georgia Homegrown Solar Act of 2024"; to provide definitions; to allow customers of an electric utility to aggregate demand from multiple locations and subscribe to certain off-site solar facilities; to provide for nondiscriminatory interconnection of such facilities; to provide for consumer protections for customers; to allow customers to access their own meter usage and provide such usage data to authorized third parties; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-299 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ascertainment of taxable property, assessments against unreturned personal property, penalty for unreturned property, and changing real property values established by appeal in prior year or stipulated by agreement, so as to exclude certain residential properties from a post-appeal valuation freeze; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Georgia State University's Legislative Health Policy Certificate Program and Advanced Health Policy Institute; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing May 5 to 11, 2024, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week; and for other purposes.