A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to telephone system for the physically impaired, so as to change certain provisions relating to the establishment, administration, and operation of the state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; to change certain legislative findings and declarations; to modify the prohibition as to the distribution of telecommunications equipment under the telecommunications equipment distribution program based on a certain income level; to provide that wireless devices and applications may be distributed as part of the telecommunications equipment distribution program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sen. Ben Watson
Sponsored bills
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees' health insurance plan, so as to provide that services covered under the state health benefit plan and furnished by a federally qualified health center are reimbursed at no less than the Medicare maximum allowable reimbursement rate; 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 Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding correctional institutions of the state and counties, so as to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband to a place of incarceration; to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to photograph any place of incarceration without permission of the warden or superintendent of such place of incarceration; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 27 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to loitering at or disrupting schools, so as to require public and private schools to have performed certain threat assessments; to amend Article 9 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center, so as to provide for the center's role in preventing, discovering, responding to, and recovering from threats, warnings, and developing situations regarding any public or private school; to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to property tax exemptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Reducing Georgia's Cost of Doing Business Study Committee; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exercise of power to contract by the Georgia Department of Transportation, so as to require the department to develop a procedure for appealing the rejection of a contract bid; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on Evaluating and Simplifying Physician Oversight of Midlevel Providers; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Brandon Adams; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the March First Movement and Korea's declaration of independence from the Empire of Japan; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Commission on Freight, Innovation, and Logistics; and for other purposes.