A BILL to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure and regulation of certified community midwives; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the creation of the Certified Community Midwife Board; to provide for its membership and duties; to provide for licensure requirements; to provide for the issuance, renewal, and revocation of licenses; to provide for violations; to require written informed consent from clients; to provide for limitations and requirements; to provide for consultation and transfer; to provide for prohibited acts; to provide for statutory construction; to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal in its entirety Chapter 26, relating to the practice of midwifery; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored bills
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations on prosecution, so as to revise the statute of limitations for when a corporation may be prosecuted for trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending R. Derril Gay, PhD, for his years of distinguished service to the citizens of Georgia and the public safety net system and for his service as a public policy advisor to the Georgia Association of Community Service Boards Inc.; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 and Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment and the Georgia Crime Information Center, respectively, so as to provide that the court imposing sentence may grant the relief of vacatur for nonviolent convictions and sentences of defendants who obtained such convictions and sentences as a direct result of being victims of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude; to provide definitions; to provide for the restriction of access to criminal history record information of individuals where such criminal history record information relates to such convictions; to provide for notice and hearing under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Dr. YaQar for her outstanding work in HIV/AIDS prevention and education; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending United States Senator John Isakson; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Morgan D. Wheeler Sr. on his outstanding public service; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and congratulating the Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics on the grand occasion of its 60th anniversary on February 4, 2020; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to revise the number of holidays that are observed in Georgia; to designate the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of each year as a state holiday; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing February 11, 2020, as Georgia Federation of Democratic Women in Blue Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.