2020 Signed Legislation
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| State Board of Veterinary Medicine; membership; increase; registered veterinary technician member; authorize | |
| Livestock Running at Large or Straying; impounding animals and disposing of impounded animals; change the fees | |
| Effectiveness of Educational Programs; number of student assessments; reduce; when assessments must be administered; provide | |
| Public Utilities and Public Transportation; compliance with certain safety and permit requirements; electric easements are utilized for broadband services; provide | |
| Cigarettes and Tobacco Related Products; additional penalties regarding any person under 21 years of age; provide; definition of vapor product; revise | |
| "Georgia Food Act"; certain information obtained by the Department of Agriculture from the federal Food and Drug Administration; confidential and not subject to disclosure; provide | |
| Ad Valorem Tax Appeals; alternative means of recovering costs of litigation and attorney's fees; provide | |
| Code Revision Commission; statutory portion of said Code; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact | |
| Annual Performance Evaluation; definition of "on-time graduation rate"; provide | |
| Juvenile Code; enhanced notice to and improved participation of foster, preadoptive, and relative caregivers in certain hearings; provide | |
| Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; water and sewer authorities to be designated as local issuing authorities for land-disturbing activity permits; authorize | |
| Cash Bonds; unclaimed cash bonds; provide | |
| Medical assistance; Medicaid coverage for lactation care and services and postpartum care; provide | |
| Professions and businesses; temporary licenses for dentists licensed in other states to provide dental care to indigent populations in this state; authorize | |
| Human Services, Department of; review of certain law enforcement conviction data with regard to persons seeking to become volunteers, interns, students, or employees; provide | |
| Insurance; creation of a surprise bill rating system based upon the number of certain physician specialty groups contracted with a hospital within a health insurer's network; provide | |
| Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; enact | |
| Georgia Podiatry Practice Act; podiatric medicine and surgery; change certain provisions | |
| Insurance; imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or office visit charge in an amount greater than charges imposed for physician; prohibit | |
| County and Municipal Hospital Authorities; standard of indigency; proceeds from the sale or lease of a hospital by a hospital authority; revise |