SB 0020 |
Oppose | Limit SPLOST Referendums to only the General Election |
Joshua McKoon |
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1/23/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Ethics |
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| This legislation would restrict counties and cities from asking the voters to approve a special purpose local option sales tax, general obligation debt, or any other question raising revenue only at the November election. |
SB 0022 |
Evaluating | Campaign Contributions Cannot be made by Businesses Receiving More than $50,000 in Contracts |
Joshua McKoon |
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1/23/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Ethics |
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| This bill prohibits any business whose contracts with local governments exceed $50,000 annually from contributing to any candidates for the office responsible for awarding said contracts. Violating contracts can be voided within 90 days following the discovery of the violation. |
SB 0032 |
Evaluating | Elections - Change Qualifying Dates for Nonpartisan Elections |
Joshua McKoon |
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1/23/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Ethics |
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| This legislation amends the dates for qualifications, as well as for advance and absentee voting. |
SB 0042 |
Evaluating | Mandatory Standards for Law Enforcement Engagement in Vehicular Pursuits |
Gail Davenport |
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1/24/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Public Safety |
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| This legislation requires written policies for emergency pursuits to include a requirement that a vehicle pursuit may only occur if probable cause exists to believe that the person committed or is committing murder, aggravated battery, kidnapping, false imprisonment, hijacking, interference with custody, trafficking for labor or sexual servitude, rape, armed robery, or any offnese that creates an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury. The policy must also require that the driver of the emergency pursuit vehicle comply with the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 40-6-6: driving through a red light or stop sign only after slowing down as necessary for safe operation, exceeding the speed limit only if it does not endanger life or property, and using the blue lights and siren. |
SB 0044 |
Neutral | Restrict Disclosure of Identities of Donors to Rural Hospitals |
Dean Burke |
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1/8/2018 |
Senate Recommitted |
- | Health and Human Services |
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| This legislation exempts records that identify individual or corporate donors to a rural hospital organization from the open records law. |
SB 0049 |
Neutral | Weapons License - Allow for Larger Knife before Conceal License is Requierd |
Bill Heath |
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1/8/2018 |
Senate Recommitted |
- | Public Safety |
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| Under current law, a person needs a weapons carry license to conceal a knife with a blade greater than five inches in length. This legislation changes the license requirement to a knife with a blade greater than 12 inches. |
SB 0053 |
Neutral | Require Adult Diapering Stations in Public Meeting Facilities |
Valencia Seay |
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1/25/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Health and Human Services |
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| This legislation requires auditoriums, convention center, cultural complexes, exhibition halls, permanent amusement parks, sports arenas and theaters to install adult changing stations (i.e., a wall mounted, ergonomic, powered table for the diapering of adults) in enclosed restrooms for handicapped, special needs or families. |
SB 0054 |
Neutral | Autonomous Vehicle Testing on Public Highways |
Joshua McKoon |
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1/25/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Transportation |
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| This legislation allows for the use of autonomous vehicles on public highways for testing purposes. |
SB 0057 |
Support | Elections - State Reimburses Locals in Certain Circumstances |
Joshua McKoon |
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1/25/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Ethics |
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| This legislation allows county governments to be reimbursed by the state for the cost or a portion of the cost of special primaries and special elections (to vill a vacancy in public office) not held in conjunction with a general primary or general election. |
SB 0058 |
Watch | Hotel-Motel Tax - Repeal $5 Per Room Charge for Transportation Purposes |
Joshua McKoon |
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1/25/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Finance |
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| This bill repeals the $5.00 per night hotel motel fee added in 2015, the proceeds of which are intended to be used for transportation purposes. |
SB 0059 |
Neutral | Elections - Require a Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail |
Horacena Tate |
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1/25/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Ethics |
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| This legislation requires that only direct electronic voting systems that provide a voter verified paper audit trail can be purchased after January 1, 2018. |
SB 0063 |
Evaluating | Georgia Family Medical Leave Act |
Horacena Tate |
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1/25/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Insurance and Labor |
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| This legislation, if the referendum in SR 73 is approved, would create the Family Medical Leave Fund, a temporary family medical leave insurance program, funded through contgributions of employers and employees to help compensate employees for a portion of the wage loss incurred while on medical leave. |
SB 0065 |
Support | Tire Disposal Restrictions and Fees |
Frank Ginn |
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1/8/2018 |
Senate Recommitted |
- | Natural Resources and the Environment |
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| This legislation requires tire retailers to collect the full amount of the scrap tire fee regardless of whether the customer leaves a scrap tire. The intent of this bill is to remove the incentive for individuals to take tires and illegally dump them. This bill does not apply to purchasers who are local governments or public utilities. |
SB 0076 |
Neutral | Education SPLOST - Amend Distribution Formula |
Ellis Black |
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1/30/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Education and Youth |
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| This bill amends ESPLOST and eliminates the option of providing by local Act of the General Assembly for an alternate method of distribution of proceeds between a county and independent school systems. If the county and independent school districts do not agree on a distribution formula, the district with the greater student population may still call for a referendum on the ESPLOST, with the other school district receiving a pro rata share of proceeds. he bill is contingent upon a constitutional amendment, SR 95. |
SB 0079 |
Neutral | Gambling - Georgia Destination Resort Act |
Brandon Beach |
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1/30/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Regulated Industries and Utilities |
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| This legislation, mirroring HB 158, legalizes gambling in Georgia. Two casino licenses will be granted. One license will be granted within a county having a population of at least 900,000, will be at least a $2 billion investment, located in a convention district and have a hotel with at least 1000 guest rooms. The other license will be granted within a county with at least 250,000 people, be at least a $450 million investment, and located near a convention district. Casinos can be open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and will pay a 20-percent tax on gross receipts - 70 percent of proceeds go to the HOPE scholarship and 30 percent will go to a needs-based college scholarship. . . |
SB 0080 |
Neutral | Guns - Retired Police do not need License to Carry |
P.K. Martin |
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1/30/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Judiciary |
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| This legislation allows certain former law enforcement officers to carry firearms without having to obtain a Georgia weapons carry license. |
SB 0084 |
Support | Guns - Authorize Locals to Destroy Unclaimed Firearms |
Lester Jackson |
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1/30/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Public Safety |
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| This legislation revises the procedures to dispose of firearms seized by law enforcement. It allows local law enforcement agencies to destroy the firearm rather than being required to auction it off. |
SB 0091 |
Neutral | Guns - Cannot Sell to Terrorists |
Steve Henson |
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1/30/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Public Safety |
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| This legislation prohibits the sale or transfer of firearms to individuals who are known or suspected terrorists without judicial review. |
SB 0092 |
Support | Guns - Law Enforcement Can Require the Showing of Carry License |
Steve Henson |
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1/30/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Judiciary |
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| This legislation allows law enforcement to detain an indivudial carrying a weapon to determine whether the individual has a weapons carry license. |
SB 0093 |
Neutral | Immigration - State to Work with Locals to Facilitate Naturalization of Legal Immigrants |
Lester Jackson |
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1/30/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Government Oversight |
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| This legislation allows the Department of Human Resources to coordinate with existing resources in local government to facilitate the naturalization of legal immigration. |
SB 0100 |
Neutral | Unlawful to Detain Individual With A Valid Visa From Entering GA Airport or Port |
Vincent Fort |
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2/1/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Government Oversight |
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| This legislation prohibits detaining any person with a valid visa to enter the United States at any Georgia airport or port. |
SB 0116 |
Oppose | Storm Water Utility Fees - Water Neutral Properties |
Frank Ginn |
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2/7/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Regulated Industries and Utilities |
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| This legislation prohibits counties and cities from assessing stormwater utility fees on properties certified as a water-neutral site by a professional engineer. The property owner would be responsible for submitting the proof of certification. |
SB 0135 |
Support | Guns - Prohibit Carry in Government Buildings |
Emanuel Jones |
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2/8/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Judiciary |
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| This legislation prohibits carrying firearms in government building. |
SB 0136 |
Neutral | Guns - Training Required |
Emanuel Jones |
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2/8/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Judiciary |
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| This legislation requires certain individuals to meet a training requirement in order to obtain a weapons carry license. |
SB 0142 |
Support | Automated Traffic Safety Devices in School Zones |
John Kennedy |
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2/9/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Government Oversight |
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| This legislation allows and sets forth guidelines for the use of automatic traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones by local sheriffs and law enforcement. |