Sen. Dean Burke

Primary SR 290

Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor

Joint Georgia-Alabama Study Committee; create

A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Georgia-Alabama Study Committee; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 30, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 50

Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor

"Direct Primary Care Act"; definitions; provide direct primary care agreements are not insurance

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kinds of insurance, limits of risks, and reinsurance, so as to provide definitions; to provide that direct primary care agreements are not insurance; to exempt such agreements from regulation as insurance; to provide for discontinuance of services under certain circumstances; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 30, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 561

Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor

Heard, Renorta; commend

A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating Renorta Heard on the occasion of her retirement; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 30, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 4

Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor

"Enhancing Mental Health Treatment in Georgia Act"; Georgia Mental Health Treatment Task Force; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to establish the Georgia Mental Health Treatment Task Force; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for the membership, duties, compensation, and expense allowances; to develop applications for a Medicaid waiver and block grant funding; to prohibit the submission of a mental health Medicaid waiver application without legislative approval; to require agencies' cooperation; to provide for the abolishment; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 30, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 407

Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor

Georgia Congressional Delegation; enact legislation with sole purpose of reestablishing a Nuclear Waste Program per the Nuclear Waste Policy Act; encourage

A RESOLUTION encouraging the Georgia Congressional Delegation to immediately enact legislation with the sole purpose of reestablishing a Nuclear Waste Program per the Nuclear Waste Policy Act; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 28, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1

Failed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor

"The Protect Act- Protecting Georgians Against Terrorism"; revise the definition of domestic terrorism

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to revise the definition of domestic terrorism to more inclusively capture situational violations commonly used by persons who desire to commit acts of terror; to revise the offenses of a terroristic threat and a terroristic act; 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 revise the definition of homeland security activity to enable the center's work in the state's effective prevention or discovery of, response to, and recovery from domestic terrorism; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Failed Mar 28, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 392

Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor

Senate Rural Georgia Study Committee; create

A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Rural Georgia Study Committee; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 28, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 540

Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor

Tift County High School Blue Devils Basketball Team; commend

A RESOLUTION commending the Tift County High School Blue Devils basketball team for winning the 2017 GHSA Class 7A State Basketball Championship; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 28, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 509

Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor

McGill, George Edwin "Ed"; honor

A RESOLUTION honoring the career of George Edwin "Ed" McGill; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 28, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 188

Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor

Senate Study Committee on Barriers to Georgians' Access to Adequate Healthcare

A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Barriers to Georgians' Access to Adequate Healthcare; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 28, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track