2022 Signed Legislation
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Local government; creation of regional development authorities; provide |
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Georgia Raw Dairy Act; enact |
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Local government; appointment and removal of municipal court judges; revise provisions |
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The Zoning Procedures Law; revise |
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Cobb County; office of tax commissioner; change compensation of commissioner and certain employees |
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Cobb County; Probate Court; change compensation of sheriff, chief deputy and others |
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Adel, City of; change corporate limits |
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Professions and businesses; certain advertisements related to plumbing; prohibit |
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Professions and businesses; certain advertisements related to plumbing; prohibit |
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Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enact |
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Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enact |
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Controlled substances; Schedule I and IV; change certain provisions |
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"Jaye Mize Law"; promoting illegal drag racing and laying drags; provide for an offense |
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Public Officers; suspension of compensation because of indictment for a felony; provide |
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Medicaid; postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; increase |
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Contracts; certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; change |
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Watercraft; certain watercraft to have day and night visual distress signals on board when on coastal waters of Georgia; require |
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General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023 |
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Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; a medical or traumatic condition includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder; emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; clarify |
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Grandparents or Family Members Visitation Rights; provisions regarding visitation actions brought by certain grandparents of minor children; revise |
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Game and fish; hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossum year round; authorize |
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Game and fish; possession of cervid carcasses; remove definitions; provisions |
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Natural Resources, Dept. of; attempt to prevent net loss of land acreage available for hunting on state owned lands; extend date |
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Game and fish; rebuttable presumption of violation by individuals in possession of hunting paraphernalia while on others' lands; provide |
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Georgia Economic Recovery Act of 2021; enact |
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Ad valorem tax; timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; provide exemption |
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Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; revise licensing provisions |
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Funeral directors and embalmers; reinstatement of lapsed license under certain conditions; provide |
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Georgia Board of Dentistry; revise composition |
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Quality Basic Education Act; recess for students in kindergarten and grades one through five; provide |
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Sales and use tax; exemption for sale or lease of computer equipment of high-technology companies; revise spending threshold and extend sunset date |
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Health and insurance; clarify that the prudent layperson standard is not affected by the diagnoses given |
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Motor vehicles; standards for issuance of dealer license plates; provide |
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Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority; provide for definitions; provisions |
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Income tax; change certain definitions |
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Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Act of 2021; enact |
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Psychiatric Advance Directive Act; enact |
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Mableton, City of; incorporate |
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HIV Tests; modernization of HIV related laws to align with science; provide |
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"Law Enforcement Strategic Support Act" or "LESS Crime Act"; enact |
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"Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act"; enact |
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Wiretapping, Eavesdropping, Surveillance; use of any device to photograph or record patients in a health care facility shall be unlawful; provide |
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Wrongful Death; a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; provide |
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Watercraft; any person 15 years of age or older to operate a Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 vessel; authorize |
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Sentence and Punishment; any time after conviction; defendant convicted of an offense and sentenced as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude may petition the sentencing court to grant the relief of vacatur; provide |
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Hospitals and Health Care Facilities;hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; require |
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Property Boundary Lines; plane coordinates for defining and stating geographic position within this state as the Georgia State Plane Coordinate System; designate |
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Road Projects; the use of the design-build contracting method by counties; authorize |
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Employment Security; certain nonprofit organizations have the option of making installment payments to finance unemployment benefits paid to its employees for certain time periods during the COVID-19 public health emergency; provide |
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Department of Community Health; conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; require |
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Native American Tribes; recognize |
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Isaiah "Coach" Berry Memorial Intersection; Barrow County; dedicate |
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Income tax; tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations; increase aggregate limit |
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Mental health; adult mental health programs; provide licensure |
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Georgia Caregivers Act; create |
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Insurance; guaranteed asset protection waiver; revise definition |
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Medicaid; coverage for annual mammograms at no cost to recipient; provide |
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Hospital Authorities and Designated Teaching Hospitals; definitions; revise |
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Healthcare Services; guidelines for the prior authorization of a prescribed medication for chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication therapy; provide |
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Income tax; affiliated corporations file separate or consolidated returns; provisions |
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Mobile food service establishments; operate in county of origin or other counties without an additional permit; provide |
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"Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act"; enact |
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"Inform Consumers Act" enact |
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Department of Administrative Services; companies owned or operated by China to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; prohibit |
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Department of Administrative Services; companies owned or operated by Russia to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; prohibit |
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Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act; enact |
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State Government; state and local governments from mandating vaccine passports; prohibit |
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Motor vehicles; use of personal delivery devices to transport cargo; authorize |
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Motor vehicles; amber strobe lights; permitting requirements; exempt low speed vehicles |
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Insurance; minimum nonforfeiture interest rate for individual deferred annuities; decrease |
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Camden County Public Service Authority Act; enact |
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Sales and use tax; exemption for sales of admissions to nonrecurring major sporting events; revise |
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OneGeorgia Authority Act; grant program to establish primary care medical facilities in health professional shortage areas; provide |
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State Board of Nursing Home Administrators; revise composition |
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Motor vehicles; revise definition of all-terrain vehicle |
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Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; authority to make alternative investments; repeal certain restrictions |
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Insurance; unfair trade practices and unlawful inducements; provide for exclusions |
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Health; influenza vaccinations for discharged patients; lower age to 50 |
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Property; nonjudicial foreclosure of time-share estates; authorize |
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Revenue and taxation; certain violations of registration requirements for motor vehicles operated by motor carriers; increase penalty |
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Motor vehicles; heavy-duty equipment motor vehicle; revise definition |
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Motor vehicles; law enforcement vehicles be equipped with primarily blue flashing or revolving lights; provide |
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Criminal procedure; increase time allotted to try a criminal case in judicial emergencies; provide |
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Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor vehicles and carriers; update reference date |
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Local government; audits of funds may be conducted in accordance with statutory accounting principles; provide |
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Education; provision that reduced the amount of certain funding to state charter schools that offer virtual instruction; remove |
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Natural Resources, Department of; earliest effective date for certain rules and regulations; delay |
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Community Health, Department of; statistical reports data relating to state health plans be posted on department website; require |
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Education; prohibit students who participate in 4-H sponsored activities or programs from being counted as absent from school |
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Insurance; allow plan sponsor to consent on behalf of an enrollee to electronic delivery of all communication |
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Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Code of 1986; define terms and incorporate certain provisions of federal law into Georgia law |
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Courts; clerks of superior courts; provide for construction |
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Childhood Lead Exposure Control Act; revise |
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Georgia Utility Facility Protection Act; revise provisions and short title |
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Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office; revise annexation reporting requirements |
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Labor and industrial relations; right of action against a county or city employer for retaliation; provide |
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Criminal procedure; compensation for public defenders and assistant public defenders; revise |
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Labor and industrial relations; workers' compensation benefits; change certain provisions |
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Putnam County; State Court; district attorney shall represent the state in all criminal prosecutions and perform the duties of solicitor-general; provide |
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Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions |
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Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; revise and update composition of advisory board |
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Long County; Board of Commissioners; revise provisions for staggering of terms of office |
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Domestic relations; dating violence protective orders; revise a definition |
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Local government; annexation of territory; revise provisions relating to dispute resolution |
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Atlantic Judicial Court; minimum supplement each county shall provide to the judges of the superior court; provide |
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Cobb County; State Court; chief deputy clerk and clerk; change salary |
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Paulding County; Board of Commissions; provide office of county manager |
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Gwinnett County; State Court; provide for an additional judge |
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Flovilla, City of; City of Jackson; City of Jenkinsburg; Butts County; Water and Sewer Authority; increase size and reconstitute members |
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Special license plates; Tybee Island Historical Society; establish |
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Retirement; benefits for judges of probate courts; revise method through which certain actuarial equivalents are determined |
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Fire protection and safety; random drug tests for certain firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, paramedics, and cardiac technicians; require |
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Professions and businesses; massage therapy; revise a definition |
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Public utilities; one-time right of way permit fee and reduce annual right of way use fees; establish |
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Employment security; change definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages |
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Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; establish |
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Professions and businesses; licensure of individuals in the practice of applied behavior analysis; provide |
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Guardian and ward; petition for appointment of temporary guardian of minor filed in probate court may be transferred to juvenile court; provide |
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Income tax; rehabilitation of historic structures; revise tax credits |
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Evidence; expert testimony in criminal cases; change rules |
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Commerce and trade; commercial recordings, musical performances, and audiovisual works; provide protections |
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Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide additional judge |
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Guardian and ward; payment of certain settlements involving claims of minors; clarify and revise procedures and requirements |
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South Georgia Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide |
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Georgia Legislative Retirement System; retirement allowance; increase |
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Banking and finance; financial institutions; provide for numerous updates |
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Conservation and natural resources; extend date for hazardous waste fees |
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Georgia Rare Disease Advisory Council; provide establishment |
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Local government; development authorities; cap the per diem allowance available to directors |
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Sales and use tax; special district mass transportation; local government; provisions |
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Insurance; update regulation of company holding systems |
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Professional counselors; licensing requirements; change certain definitions |
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Property; deeds; require electronic filing |
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Perry, Mr. Dennis Arnold; compensate |
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County and municipal governing authorities; grant temporary tax relief to properties severely damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster and located within a nationally declared disaster area; provide - CA |
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Robinson, Kerry; compensate |
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Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize |
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Property; granting of nonexclusive easements; authorize |
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James J. Boss Memorial Roundabout; Barrow County; dedicate |
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Children and Youth Services; registration of maternity supportive house residences to provide housing for pregnant women; provide |
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State and Other Flags; pledge of allegiance to the state flag; add language |
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Education; agents and agent's permits; to repeal definitions of such terms; provisions; remove |
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Retirement; prohibition of granting postretirement benefit adjustments to any individual who became a member on or after July 1, 2009; remove |
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"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,"; class action suits and for damages for violating the requirements for solicitations for corporate filings; provide |
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Mountain Judicial Circuit; third judge of the superior courts; provide |
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Emergency Medical Services Personnel; Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to retain certain fingerprints under certain conditions; authorize |
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National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974; civil penalties; revise |
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Bails, Bonds; human trafficking as a bailable offense; add the offense |
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Mortgage Lenders and Brokers; different categories of felony convictions for purposes of investigations of mortgage loan originator applicants; provide |
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Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane; full or partial remote communication with regard to public hearings; provide |
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Time-Share Projects and Programs; nonjudicial foreclosure of time-share estates; authorize |
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Death Investigations; medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; require |
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Commerce; a litigation bar on governmental entities regarding certain statewide opioid litigation; provide |
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Communications Officers; 9-1-1 communications officers receive training in the delivery of high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; require |
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State Government; certain procedural requirements and considerations for the adoption of rules by state agencies that are applicable to charitable organizations; provide |
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State Employment Service and the Employment Security Administration Fund; change certain provisions |
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Education; needs based financial aid program; include eligibility for students with a financial aid gap |
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State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish a program to promote the creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in the state; provide |
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General Educational Development (GED) Diplomas; update and replace terminology; state approved high school equivalency (HSE) diplomas; provide |
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Education; curricula or training programs which encourage certain concepts; prevent use of |
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Parents' Bill of Rights; enact |
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Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; employ beneficiaries; permit public school systems |
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Education; calculation of minimum revenue obligations for scholarships and tuition grants; provide for the inclusion of earned interest |
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Sale or Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors; provisions of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be applicable to libraries operated by schools; provide |
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Local Boards of Education; all meetings of local boards of education shall be open to the public except as otherwise provided by law; provide |
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Courts; reestablishment of the Criminal Case Data Exchange Board as an advisory board to The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia; provide |
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Income tax; revise rates of taxation on income, A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise the rates of taxation on income; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. |
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Crimes and offenses; prosecute offenses involving criminal gang activity; provide for concurrent authority |
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Criminal procedure; each act of child molestation charged as a separate offense; provide |
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Traffic offenses; enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide |
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Atkinson County; Probate Court; authorize collection of technology fee |
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Cobb County; State Court; change compensation of judges |
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City of Bloomingdale Community Improvement Districts Act; create |
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Locust Grove, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption |
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City of Rincon Community Improvement Districts Act; enact |
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Dawson County; Board of Elections; provide for appointment of fifth member |
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Professions and businesses; exempt a certified peace officer employed as an independent contractor from certain requirements |
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Coweta Judicial Circuit; Superior Court; change supplemental salaries for judges |
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Brookhaven, City of; levy an excise tax |
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Grovetown, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum |
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Dougherty County; levy an excise tax |
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Dougherty County; Magistrate Court; impose and collect county law library fees |
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Jefferson, City of; fully replace current charter |
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Gilmer County; levy an excise tax |
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Kennesaw, City of; corporate limits; change provisions |
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Elbert County; board of elections and registration; create |
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Colbert, City of; staggered, four-year terms for the mayor and councilmembers; revise provisions |
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Milton, City of; senior homestead exemption; modify maximum income |
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Milton, City of; senior homestead exemption; increase |
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Milton, City of; homestead exemption for citizens age 65 years or older meeting certain income requirements; repeal |
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Paulding County; School District; residents 65 years or older shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation for education purposes |
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Chattahoochee County Transportation Authority; add Harris County and Unified Government of Cusseta-Chattahoochee County |
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Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; add two additional directors |
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Bryan County; board of elections and registration; add two members |
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Pike County School District; increase exemptions for residents age 62 or older and provide new exemption for residents age 70 or older |
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Union City Public Facilities Authority Act; enact |
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Fulton County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption |
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Macon County; Board of Education; revise compensation |
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Gilmer County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee |
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Savannah Development and Renewal Authority; members; revise provisions |
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Berrien County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee |
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Walton County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact |
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Sumter County; board of elections and registration; provide compensation of members in certain circumstances |
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Worth County Building Authority Act; enact |
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Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit; chief judge; provide for designation |
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Woodland, City of; provide new charter |
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Varnell, City of; change corporate boundaries |
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Dallas, City of; municipal court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee |
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Dallas, City of; levy an excise tax |
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Dallas, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; establish tax allocation districts |
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Cherokee County; State Court; modify compensation of judges |
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Long County Building and Public Facilities Authority Act; enact |
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Jackson, City of; provide for a city manager |
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Fayette County; State Court; change compensation of judge and solicitor |
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Fayette County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee |
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Canton, City of; provide new charter |
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Guyton, City of; provide new charter |
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Flemington, City of; levy an excise tax |
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Sylvester, City of; Public Facilities Authority; revise definition of "project" |
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Houston County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee |
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Taylor County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption |
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Probate Court of Crisp County; office of judge; future elections; provide |
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Georgia Public Safety Training Center; reimbursement of certain costs incurred by active duty, retired, or honorably discharged members of the US armed forces who are attending basic law enforcement training; provide |
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Lanier County Building Authority; definition of "project"; revise |
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Firearms by Convicted Felons and First Offender Probationers; each firearm in the possession or attempted possession of certain offenders shall be charged as a separate offense; specify |
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City of Carrollton, Georgia; exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Georgia Constitution; authorize |
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City of Stockbridge; corporate limits of such municipality; change |
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Town of Lyerly; annexation of certain territory into the boundaries of the city; provide |
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City of Doraville; levy on excise tax; procedures, conditions, and limitations; provide |
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City of Doraville; the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Doraville ad valorem taxes; revise |
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"City of Cedartown Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact |
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Rockdale County School District; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; increase the exemption |
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Henry County; compensation of such judge of the Probate Court; change the provisions |
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Board of Education of Warren County; compensation provisions for the chairperson and for members of the board; revise |
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City of Senoia Building and Facilities Authority; create |
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Rockdale County Public Facilities Authority; create |
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Chattahoochee Hills Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; create |
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Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; certain communications officers shall be eligible for membership in such fund; provide |
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Montgomery County; abolish mode of compensating sheriff; repeal Act |
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Montgomery County; Board of Elections and Registration; create |
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Swainsboro, City of; corporate limits; change provisions |
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Lincoln County; Board of Education; provide compensation of members |
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Cochran, City of; levy an excise tax |
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Upson County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide homestead exemption |
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Income tax; certain retirement income for military service; provide exemption |
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Early County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption |
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Bryan County; State Court; authorize collection of technology fee |
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Morrow, City of; increase homestead exemption |
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Bremen, City of; Municipal Court; charge technology fee |