Georgia Bills

in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 4, 2015

SB 200: State Government; provide for a minimum wage for state contractors and state employees; definitions; increase in the minimum wage

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government general provisions, so as to provide for a minimum wage for state contractors and state employees; to provide for definitions; to provide for an increase in the minimum wage; to provide for annual minimum wage increases to match the rising cost of living; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 3, 2015

SB 192: License Plates and Registration; civil penalty; commercial vehicle drivers; violation of provisions relating to display of license plates

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, so as to provide for a civil penalty for commercial vehicle drivers and employers when a commercial vehicle is operated in violation of provisions relating to the display of license plates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 3, 2015

HB 519: Life insurance; provide for notice of certain premium increases; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to life insurance, so as to provide for notice of certain premium increases; to provide for definitions; to provide for disclosure; to provide for a mandatory statement; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 3, 2015

SB 189: South Fulton, City of; incorporate; provide for a charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of South Fulton in Fulton County; to provide for a charter for the City of South Fulton; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for referenda; to provide for an automatic repeal; to provide effective dates and transitional provisions governing the transfer of various functions and responsibilities from Fulton County to the City of South Fulton; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 3, 2015

HB 503: Education; programs; persons soliciting transaction with student-athlete would result in sanctions; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs, so as to prohibit persons from entering into or soliciting a transaction with a student-athlete that would result in sanctions to the student-athlete; to provide for a right of action by a postsecondary institution; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 3, 2015

SR 407: Preventing Youth Substance Use Disorders; create Joint Study Committee

A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on Preventing Youth Substance Use Disorders; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 3, 2015

HB 507: Social services; repeal certain provisions deemed unconstitutional regarding child abuse registry; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to programs and protection for children, so as to repeal certain provisions deemed unconstitutional regarding a central child abuse registry; to enact new provisions to provide for the establishment of a central child abuse registry; to provide for definitions; to provide for the reporting of convictions relating to child abuse to the Division of Family and Children Services; to provide for entry of reported convictions into the registry; to provide for a hearing to contest inclusion of a name in the registry; to limit access to information in the registry; to provide for confidentiality; to provide for immunity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 2, 2015

HB 501: Health care data system; authority of Department of Community Health to use existing systems in establishing and operating a state-wide health care data system; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-281 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health care data system established and departmental authority, so as to remove the authority of the Department of Community Health to use existing data collection systems in establishing and operating a state-wide health care data system; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 2, 2015

HB 491: Public Health, Department of; provide immunity from liability; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies; to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health; to provide immunity from liability; to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, physician assistants, and others, so as to provide for emergency public access stations to allow a lay rescuer to consult with a medical professional to administer or make available auto-injectable epinephrine under certain circumstances; to provide for immunity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 2, 2015

SR 389: Broadband Information Services; encourage opposition to the regulation in innovative and expanding markets

A RESOLUTION encouraging opposition to the regulation of broadband information services in innovative and expanding markets; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 2, 2015

HB 506: Crimes and offenses; discharge a firearm in act of celebration or ceremony; unlawful

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to make it unlawful to discharge a firearm in an act of celebration or ceremony; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for criminal penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 2, 2015

HB 487: Sales and use tax; all entities participating in the data center industry; provide comprehensive revision

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to provide for the comprehensive revision of sales and use tax provisions for all entities participating in the data center industry; to change and provide for definitions; to change and provide for exemptions; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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