Rep. Beth Beskin

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions concerning landlord and tenant, so as to provide for the termination of a rental or lease agreement for residential real estate under circumstances involving family violence; to provide for definitions; to provide for notice and terms of termination; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to trusts, so as to establish qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions for spendthrift provisions of trusts which are not within qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts; to provide for claims by creditors for such trusts; to provide for the creation of such trusts; to provide for transfers to such trusts; to provide for vacancies of trustees; to provide for standards for such trusts to be considered nonrevocable; to provide for beneficiary rights to withdrawal; to provide for claims for relief; to amend Part 4 of Article 9 of Title 11 of the O.C.G.A., relating to rights of third parties to secured transactions, so as to exclude qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts from restrictions on assignment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state administrative organization of the Department of Revenue, so as to provide for mandatory fingerprinting and criminal record checks for certain individuals; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of tax assessors, so as to establish a procedure for counties following a rejection of a tax digest; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION commending Joshua Sailers, a teacher at Woodstock High School; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of John S. Sherman; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Retrospective Emergency Room Policies; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing March, 2018, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month at the state capitol; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Emory A. Schwall for his many years of esteemed and outstanding contributions to the State of Georgia in the field of law and in charitable service; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-6-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child support in final verdict or decree, guidelines for determining amount of award, continuation of duty to provide support, and duration of support, so as to enact reforms recommended by the Georgia Child Support Commission; to clarify and revise a definition; to clarify the process of calculating child support when there is more than one child for whom support is being determined under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.