A RESOLUTION recognizing April 24-28, 2023, as Quality Rated Week in Georgia; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the Department of Early Care and Learning to provide for age-appropriate evidence based literacy instruction training requirements for certain child care providers; to provide for the Professional Standards Commission to require that teacher education programs include mandatory coursework in age-appropriate evidence based literacy instruction; to require the Professional Standards Commission to revise standards for acquiring and maintaining teacher certification in all teaching fields to include requirements regarding age-appropriate evidence based literacy instruction; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing March 23, 2023, as DeKalb Day; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION commending March of Dimes upon its 85th anniversary; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION urging the Public Service Commission to pursue actions that will protect 2,700,000 electric customers from unjustly paying for construction mistakes, delays, and corrections at Plant Vogtle reactors three and four and that will prohibit Georgia Power from profiting on those construction mistakes, delays, and corrections; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to state government, so as to require state agencies to consider antisemitism when determining whether an alleged criminal act was motivated by discriminatory intent; to provide for limitations and construction; to provide legislative findings and intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination of the Task Force for Global Health, headquartered in Decatur, Georgia, for their commitment to eliminating viral hepatitis as a health threat for Georgians, the United States, and globally; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION urging members of the United States Congress to enact federal legislation granting statehood to the people of Washington, D.C.; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to enact the "Georgia Red Flag Protective Order Act"; to provide for risk protection order hearings and issuance; to revise provisions regarding temporary ex parte risk protection orders; to provide for surrender and return of firearms, ammunition, and weapons carry licenses; to provide for the reporting of orders; to provide for penalties and liability; to provide for instructional and informational materials to be produced by the Administrative Office of the Courts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to create the Environmental Justice Commission; to provide for the duties of the commission; to provide that as a prerequisite for obtaining certain permits in neighborhoods consisting of persons of color or from low-income families applicants shall take certain actions to mitigate health hazards; to provide that governmental agencies shall consider the disproportionate effect of environmental hazards on people of color or people from low-income families in implementing certain environmental policies; to provide that no person in Georgia shall be excluded from any state funded program or activity because of race, color, or national origin; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
