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State Legislature US Congress

All 34,025 Active 9,058 In committee 3,683 Passed 19,834 Signed 4,934 Failed 199

in committee · Georgia · Senate Jan 10, 2022

SB 320: Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the superior court of the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to declare inherent authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 10, 2022

HB 837: Ad valorem tax; $5,000 of assessed value for residents; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for a homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes for all purposes in an amount equal to $5,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents whose federal adjusted gross income, as well as the federal adjusted gross income of the spouse of such resident and all other members of the family who also reside at such homestead, is less than $10,000.00; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to require annual income reporting; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 10, 2022

HB 834: Community Health, Department of; hospital reporting requirements for extraordinary collection actions; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-6-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reports to the Department of Community Health by certain health care facilities and all ambulatory surgical centers and imaging centers and public availability, so as to provide for hospital reporting requirements for extraordinary collection actions; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for other matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 10, 2022

HB 832: Health; revise definitions; furnishing of copies of health records; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health records, so as to revise definitions; to revise provisions relating to the furnishing of copies of health records; to provide for penalties for noncompliance; to revise provisions relating to the costs for copying health records; to revise provisions relating to electronic health records; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 10, 2022

HR 522: Child safety; first priority of custody and visitation adjudications and that state courts should improve adjudications of custody where family violence is alleged; express sense of General Assembly

A RESOLUTION expressing the sense of the Georgia General Assembly that child safety is the first priority of custody and visitation adjudications and that state courts should improve adjudications of custody where family violence is alleged; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 10, 2022

HB 844: Local government; long-term rental of single-family detached dwellings; prohibit certain restrictions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, so as to prohibit certain restrictions on long-term rental of single-family detached dwellings; to provide for definitions; to provide a limited waiver of sovereign immunity; to provide of interest prior to judgment; to provide for the withholding of certain state funding; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 10, 2022

HB 829: Courts; criteria for demand of jury panels from which to select juries in civil actions in the state courts; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding trial juries, so as to revise the criteria for demand of jury panels from which to select juries in civil actions in the state courts; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 10, 2022

HB 842: Local government; county governing authorities; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county governing authorities, so as to provide for legislative findings; to provide that a member of a county governing authority shall not represent any person before any agency, office, court, or other entity of the county for which the member serves on the governing authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 10, 2022

HB 835: Ad valorem tax; contracts between a county and a municipality for the tax commissioners to prepare the municipal tax digests and collect municipal taxes are not subject to approval of the tax commissioner; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal taxation, so as to provide that contracts between a county and a municipality for the tax commissioners to prepare the municipal tax digests and collect municipal taxes are not subject to approval of the tax commissioner; to authorize counties to pay tax commissioners additional compensation for such services; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Jan 10, 2022

SR 26: General Obligation Debt; make loans or grants; counties, municipalities, consolidated governments, and local authorities; airports; authorize the state -CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the state to incur general obligation debt in order to make loans or grants to certain counties, municipalities, consolidated governments, local authorities, and local commissions that own airports for the acquisition, construction, development, extension, enlargement, or improvement of such airports; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 10, 2022

HB 845: Georgia Legislative Retirement System; employee contributions; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Legislative Retirement System, so as to define certain terms; to change certain provisions relating to employee contributions to the retirement system, payment of employee contributions on behalf of the member, and additional contributions; to change certain provisions relating to prior service credit for military service; to change certain provisions relating to eligibility and application for a retirement allowance, early retirement, amount of retirement allowance, compliance with federal tax laws, and increases in retirement allowance; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 10, 2022

HB 833: Freedom to Drive Act; enact

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 increased access to government issued identification and driving authorization to state residents through the issuance of state driving cards and identification cards; to provide for a short title; to revise a definition; to provide for an exception to the requirement that the Department of Driver Services utilize a certain federal verification program; to provide for application requirements for such driving cards and identification cards; to provide for standards for the appearance of such cards; to provide for fees for issuance and renewal of such cards; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.