Bills Remaining – GA Senate Edition

Today, both the House and Senate passed the final budget for FY 2020. The constitutionally mandated work of the Georgia General Assembly is done. In theory, Sine Die could happen at any time. There is precedent for ending earlier than 40 days. The remaining days on the adjournment resolution are tomorrow (Day 39) and Tuesday (Day 4).

The Senate Rules Committee has cleared the following bills for floor consideration. There will be another Senate Rules Committee meeting tomorrow at noon, adding more. They may or may not be called up. Others, of course, will be added as the House and Senate continue to negotiate over…everything.

1. HB 12 —- Quality Basic Education Act; post sign containing telephone number to receive reports of child abuse; require every public school (ED&Y-28^th) Williams-145^th
2. HB 33 —- Weapons carry license; extension of time for the renewal of a license for certain service members serving on active duty outside of the state; provide (VM&HS-13^th) Lumsden-12^th
3. HB 70 —- Guardian and ward; guardian and conservators of minors and adults; revise provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-23^rd) Efstration-104^th
4. HB 76 —- Alcoholic beverages; counties and municipalities may regulate alcohol licenses as to certain distances in a manner that is less but not more restrictive than those distances specified by the state; provisions (Substitute) (RI&U-46^th) Stephens-164^th
5. HB 101 —- Ad valorem tax; all-terrain vehicles; revise definitions (FIN-7^th) Ridley-6^th
6. HB 118 —- Crimes and offenses; transmitting a false alarm; revise offense (Substitute) (JUDY-27^th) Morris-26^th
7. HB 134 —- County law libraries; repeal a population provision regarding the disposition of law library funds in certain counties (SJUDY-23^rd) Rich-97^th
8. HB 182 —- Sales and use tax; lower threshold amount for certain dealers (FIN-52^nd) Harrell-106^th
9. HB 187 —- Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; provide (H&HS-11^th) Dempsey-13^th
10. HB 193 —- Banking and finance; banks and credit unions to offer savings promotion raffle accounts in which deposits to a savings account enter a depositor in a raffle; allow (B&FI-9^th) Dunahoo-30^th
11. HB 201 —- Board of Natural Resources; promulgate rules and regulations regarding anchoring certain vessels within estuarine areas; authorize (NR&E-3^rd) Hogan-179^th
12. HB 218 —- Education; eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE Scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar; provide (H ED-54^th) Williams-145^th
13. HB 220 —- Solid waste management; certain solid waste disposal surcharges; extend sunset date (Substitute) (FIN-19^th) Rogers-10^th
14. HB 224 —- Income tax; credit for new purchases and acquisitions of qualified investment property shall be earnable for mining and mining facilities and allowed against a taxpayer’s payroll withholding; provide (Substitute) (FIN-56^th) Williamson-115^th
15. HB 239 —- Georgia Business Court; establish (Substitute) (JUDY-23^rd) Efstration-104^th
16. HB 242 —- Professions and businesses; regulation of massage therapy educational programs; provide (Substitute) (RI&U-53^rd) Hawkins-27^th
17. HB 276 —- Sales and use tax; certain persons that facilitate certain retail sales; require collection of tax (Substitute) (FIN-52^nd) Harrell-106^th
18. HB 277 —- Insurance; allow good will from insurer acquisitions to be treated as an asset (Substitute) (I&L-9^th) Carson-46^th
19. HB 282 —- Criminal procedure; increase amount of time that law enforcement agencies are required to preserve certain evidence of sexual assault (Substitute) (JUDY-45^th) Holcomb-81^st
20. HB 288 —- Superior courts; revise the sums that the clerks are entitled to charge and collect for filing documents and instruments pertaining to real estate or personal property (JUDY-3^rd) Powell-32^nd
21. HB 290 —- Health; pilot program to provide preexposure assistance to persons at risk of HIV infection; establish (H&HS-32^nd) Cooper-43^rd
22. HB 296 —- Superior Court of Hall County in the Northeastern Circuit; revise term of court (JUDY-49^th) Hawkins-27^th
23. HB 307 —- Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act; enact (Substitute) (JUDY-23^rd) Powell-32^nd
24. HB 319 —- Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund; member’s benefits payable after death shall be paid to his or her estate when such member failed to designate a beneficiary or his or her designated beneficiaries are deceased; provide (RET-52^nd) Williams-148^th
25. HB 324 —- Georgia’s Hope Act; enact (Substitute) (RI&U-28^th) Gravley-67^th
26. HB 345 —- Penal institutions; pregnant female inmates or a female inmate who is in the immediate postpartum period; provide prohibited practices (Substitute) (H&HS-45^th) Cooper-43^rd  
27. HB 349 —- Local government; counties to exercise powers in incorporated areas; authorize (SLGO(G)-14^th) Martin-49^th
28. HB 352 —- Sales and use tax; exemption for competitive projects of regional significance; change sunset provision (Substitute) (FIN-17^th) Reeves-34^th  
29. HB 365 —- Alternative ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; lower tax rate imposed (Substitute) (FIN-52^nd) Blackmon-146^th  
30. HB 379 —- Revenue and taxation; projects and purposes using SPLOST funds; revise annual reporting requirements (GvtO-48^th) Moore-95^th  
31. HB 381 —- Child support; defined terms and terminology, grammar, and punctuation; revise and correct (Substitute) (JUDY-23^rd) Efstration-104^th
32. HB 406 —- Local government; joint authorities to furnish certain information necessary for the state auditor to determine the net impact of their activities on associated tax digests; require (FIN-46^th) Williamson-115^th
33. HB 424 —- Crimes and offenses; include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity (Substitute) (JUDY-18^th) Silcox-52^nd  
34. HB 444 —- Dual Enrollment Act; enact (H ED-37^th) Reeves-34^th  
35. HB 454 —- Motor vehicles; operation of motorized mobility devices; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-51^st) Tanner-9^th  
36. HB 456 —- Local government; elect an annual report in lieu of a biennial audit; increase expenditure amount (GvtO-7^th) Tankersley-160^th  
37. HB 470 —- Law enforcement officers and agencies; analysis and collection of DNA for individuals charged with a felony offense but sentenced as a first offender or under conditional discharge; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-3^rd) Sainz-180^th  
38. HB 472 —- Juvenile Code; procedures concerning removal considerations; revise (Substitute) (JUDY-19^th) Reeves-34^th
39. HB 478 —- Social services; improvements to the operation of the child abuse registry; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-42^nd) Ballinger-23^rd
40. HB 490 —- Banking and finance; payment of large deposits of deceased intestate depositors and the deposit of sums held for deceased intestate residents; make changes (B&FI-25^th) Ridley-6^th  
41. HB 492 —- Property; dispossessory proceedings; require applications for execution of a writ of possession be made within 30 days of issuance of the writ unless good cause is shown (Substitute) (SJUDY-23^rd) Rich-97^th
42. HB 499 —- Public utilities and public transportation; use of electric easements for broadband services; permit (Substitute) (RI&U-46^th) Kelley-16^th  
43. HB 502 —- Civil practice; continuances for members of the Board of Regents and the Attorney General; revise (Substitute) (SJUDY-6^th) Welch-110^th  
44. HB 540 —- Housing tax credit; add to the list of tax categories eligible for an offset (Substitute) (FIN -52^nd) Rhodes-120^th
45. HB 543 —- Domestic relations; equitable caregivers; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-29^th) Efstration-104^th
46. HB 553 —- State Victim Services Commission; bill of rights for foster parents; delete references to an obsolete entity (I COOP-28^th) Dempsey-13^th  
47. HR 37 —- Georgia Commission on Freight and Logistics; create (TRANS-21^st) Tanner-9^th  
48. HR 51 —- Joint Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line Commission; create (I COOP-27^th) Morris-26^th
49. HR 239 —- Savannah Logistics Technology Innovation Corridor; designate (S&T-1^st) Stephens-164^th
50. HR 346 —- Georgia Southern Nursing Angels Memorial Bridge; Bryan County; dedicate (Substitute) (TRANS-21^st) Tankersley-160^th