Georgia Bills

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 10, 2022

HB 1231: Niche-Beauty Services Opportunity Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to barbers and cosmetologists, so as to allow individuals and facilities to provide blow-dry styling, braiding, threading, and the application of cosmetics without being licensed by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers; to provide for definitions; 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.

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 10, 2022

HB 1010: Georgia Classic Center Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public officers and employees, so as to provide for the Attorney General to represent the Georgia Classic Center Authority; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to provide a short title; to create the Georgia Classic Center Authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 10, 2022

HB 1277: Revenue and taxation; SPLOST; authorize use of tax proceeds for certain public safety campaigns

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the county special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST), so as to authorize the use of the tax proceeds for certain public safety campaigns; to provide for limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 10, 2022

HB 1281: Law enforcement agencies; retention of a person's involuntary hospitalization information; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of issuing center, and provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, so as to change provisions relating to the retention of a person's involuntary hospitalization information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 10, 2022

HB 1282: Blind Persons' Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs in elementary and secondary education, so as to enact the "Blind Persons' Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act"; to provide definitions; to require an evaluation of a blind or visually impaired child to determine such child's need for Braille instruction; to require Braille instruction in the individualized education program of a blind or visually impaired student as appropriate; to provide additional requirements for the individualized education program of a blind or visually impaired student; for textbook publishers relating to electronic materials; to provide license requirements relating to Braille for certain teachers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 10, 2022

SB 484: Workers' Compensation; coverage for first responders for post-traumatic stress disorder arising in the course and scope of employment; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to workers' compensation, so as to provide workers' compensation coverage for first responders for post-traumatic stress disorder arising in the course and scope of employment; to provide for definitions; to provide for a rebuttable presumption; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 10, 2022

HB 1273: Medicaid Continuity of Coverage Program; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance, so as to establish the Medicaid Continuity of Coverage Program; to provide for the transition of continuous enrollment Medicaid beneficiaries into traditional Medicaid; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 10, 2022

HB 1272: Conservation and natural resources; landfill construction within one mile of any pipeline; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solid waste management generally, so as to prohibit new landfill construction within one mile of any pipeline; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 10, 2022

SB 478: Firearms; use or possession of any handgun in a park, historic site, or recreational area; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation, so as to revise provisions of law regarding the use or possession of any handgun in a park, historic site, or recreational area; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating offenses against public order and safety, so as to revise provisions of law regarding the carrying of firearms; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 10, 2022

SB 483: Lottery; Article 3 relating to bona fide coin operated amusement machines; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to lottery for education, so as to comprehensively revise Article 3, relating to bona fide coin operated amusement machines; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HB 1200: Brookhaven, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Brookhaven to levy an excise tax pursuant to the authority of subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A., approved May 8, 2017 (Ga. L. 2017, p. 3992), so as to repeal provisions regarding expenditure of funds; to repeal an automatic reversion; to repeal a conditional provision; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HB 347: State sexual offender registry; assessment classifications; revise certain risk

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-1-19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to petition for release from registration requirements, so as to revise certain risk assessment classifications regarding the state sexual offender registry; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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