Sen. Zahra Karinshak

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of the Department of Community Affairs, so as to establish a grant program for local governments to conduct voting rights awareness and education; to provide for authorized uses of grant funds; to authorize the department to apply for funds for said grant program; to authorize the department to specify grant terms; to authorize the department to contract with local governments; to provide limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing February 12, 2020, as Dyslexia Day at the state capitol and urging schools, local educational agencies, and the state educational agency to address the profound educational impact of dyslexia; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to solid waste management, so as to provide for conditions for the issuance of a permit for solid waste or special waste handling for a coal combustion unit or landfill; to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to damage and intrusion on property relative to criminal trespass and damage to property, so as to provide for a conforming cross-reference; to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to county sales and use tax relative to county special purpose local option sales tax; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION honoring the lives and memory of Eva Jewell Greene and Mamie Ella Lane; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Redistricting and Reapportionment Study Committee; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to redesignate veterinary technicians as veterinary nurses; to amend Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to reenact the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, subject to appropriations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to legislative services generally, so as to provide for a private lactation room open to the public in either the Capitol Building or the Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building; 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 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the World War I Centennial Commission, so as to extend the sunset provision; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for a penalty for hit and run accidents that result in serious injury; to clarify a cross-reference relating to suspensions of drivers' licenses; to provide a definition; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to provide certain benefits to disabled first responders; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., so as to provide for a free license plate for certain disabled first responders; to amend Code Section 48-5C-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to alternative ad valorem tax on motor vehicles; to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to computation of net income, so as to exempt disability payments to certain disabled first responders from state income tax; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.