HB 0079 |
Neutral | Require Law Enforcement to Purge Tag Reader Information |
John Pezold |
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7/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation allows law enforcement to use high speed cameras to capture images of license plates. However, the data captured from the images may not be used for anything other than law enforcement purposes. The data must be destroyed no later than 30 months after it is collected unless the data is needed for law enforcement purposes. The collected data is exempt from the open records law. |
HB 0116 |
Neutral | Superior Court Exclusive Jurisdiction of Juvenile Cases Involving Aggravated Assault |
Albert Reeves |
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1/8/2018 |
Senate Recommitted |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation gives the superior court exclusive jurisdiction over juveniles charged with aggravated assault with a firearm. The language of this legislation was added to SB 160 "Back the Badge". |
HB 0149 |
Neutral | Requirement for Counties to Use Only GBI Approved Trauma Scene Cleanup Services and Consolidation of Fire Services |
Alan Powell |
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3/29/2018 |
Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation preempts county and city governments from requiring licenses or permits for trauma scene waste management practitioners or regulated waste transporters. When hiring a company to cleanup or remove trauma scene waste, counties and cities must hire a company approved by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. This bill was amended to include S.B. 319 which provides for the Consolidation of all Fire Services into a separate state agency. |
HB 0163 |
Watch | Prohibition for Use of Wireless Devices While Operating a School Bus |
Betty Price |
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1/31/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
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| This legislation prohibits the use of handheld wireless telecommunication devices while driving. An exception is provided for law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS personnel and ambulance drivers during the performance of their duties. |
HB 0235 |
Neutral | Speed Limit Posting in Urban or Residential Districts |
Spencer Frye |
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2/7/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Governmental Affairs |
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| This legislation decreases the lowest speed limit that counties can establish on roads in an urban or residential district from 25 to 20 miles per hour. |
HB 0242 |
Neutral | Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse to Military Police |
Brian Prince |
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2/8/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Juvenile Justice |
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| This legislation requires reports of child abuse to be made to military law enforcement. |
HB 0251 |
Support | Allow EMS Personnel Access to Private Property During Declared State Emergency |
Darrel Ealum |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation gives EMS and all first responders the right to enter private property during a disaster declared by the governor, for search and rescue, debris removal and providing aid. |
HB 0268 |
Neutral | Elections - Numerous Changes |
Barry Fleming |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Governmental Affairs |
Ethics |
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| This legislation makes several changes to the elections laws, including the deadlines for election superintendents to complete their certification course; repeal of the nomination petition requirement; dates for filing the notice of candidacy; revisions to third-party filings for candidacy; removing references to municipal election registrars; the evidence of citizenship for voting purposes; requirements for personal identification on voter registration forms; provisions for changing a voter's address; polling places outside a voter's precinct; correcting printed and electronic ballots; application for an absentee ballot; oath of application absentee ballot; and the conduct of campaign activities in the vicinity to polling places. For the Senate's summary of the bill, please click here. |
HB 0281 |
Neutral | Georgia Tenant Victim Protection Act for Victims of Domestic Violence |
Scott Holcomb |
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2/9/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Judiciary |
- | - |
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| This legislation allows victims of family violence, stalking, harrassment, and sexual assault to terminate their lease with limited penalties. |
HB 0292 |
Inactive | Guns - 2017 Omnibus Bill I |
Rick Jasperse |
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5/8/2017 |
Effective Date |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Judiciary |
- |
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| HB 292 is this year's omnibus gun bull. Georgia will recognize carry licenses for those moving here from other states (which have reciprocity laws with Georgia) for 90 days, so long as the person abides by Georgia's laws; probate judges are authorized to provide information on gun safety; DNR must post a link on its Web site for hunting gun safety course information; folks who legally change their name can get a free replacement license (if within 90 days of their license registration); retired law enforcement officers from other states do not need a license. Any sheriff or retired sheriff, deputy or retired deputy sheriff, member or retired member of the Georgia State Patrol, member of retired member of GBI and retired law enforcement officer can carry a gun into a courthouse, unless the Sheriff providing security for the courthouse provides a lock box and screens out all other weapons by security personnel. |
HB 0297 |
Evaluating | Child Safety and Emergency Preparedness Act |
Debra Bazemore |
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2/10/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Education |
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| This legislation enacts the Child Safety and Emergency Preparedness Act which requires community leaders and public safety officials to assist in development of Emergency Plans for all licensed early care and education centers. |
HB 0367 |
Negotiating | Public Employees Privacy Protection |
Brian Strickland |
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2/16/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Judiciary |
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| This legislation allows certain public safety and judicial officials to execute a certificate of redacted information that requires counties to redact the home address and telephone number of the public safety or judicial official and their relatives from the county's website or other Internet access point within the county's control. |
HB 0391 |
Support | Additional Sites For Safe Place for Newborns |
David Clark |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Juvenile Justice |
Special Judiciary |
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| This legislation amends the Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002 by adding police and fire stations to safe place locations. The bill also allows for reimburse by the Department of Human Resoures for any expenses prior to the department taking possession of the child. |
HB 0405 |
Neutral | GEMHSA to Establish State-wide System for Transport and Distribution During State of Emergency |
Bill Hitchens |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation requires Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMHSA) to implement a state-wide system for transport and distribution for essentials during a declared start of emergency. GEMHSA will develop a certification process for businesses and entities that can facilitate transport and distribution of essentials. |
HB 0438 |
Neutral | Off-Road Vehicle Restrictions in Public Spaces |
Patricia Gardner |
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3/30/2017 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Motor Vehicles |
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| This legislation limits the ability to drive off-road vehicles on a highway or in a public space in a manner which poses a direct threat of harm to persons or property. |
HB 0446 |
Support | 9-1-1 Local Government Authority and Increased Revenue for 9-1-1 Centers |
Alan Powell |
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3/30/2017 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications |
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| This legislation creates the Local Government 9-1-1 Authority which will provide coordination, planning, enforcement of statutory requirements for the payment of 9-1-1 fees, auditing, and development of best practices and standards for the operation of 9-1-1 Centers. For a section by section summary click here. For talking points click here. Identical legislation dropped in Senate S.B. 222. |
HB 0451 |
Negotiating | Exceptions to County Road Restrictions |
James Epps |
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3/30/2017 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Governmental Affairs |
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| This legislation requires counties and cities to allow vehicles
weighing over 36,000 pounds or longer than 30 feet to use any county and city
roads if the vehicle is making a delivery on the road, using the road as the
route to make a delivery or pick up, providing service on the road, or if
avoiding the road would cause the driver to go more than ten miles out of the
most direct route. This legislation allows counties and cities to adopt a local
ordinance that would make the driver justify the presence of their vehicle on a
restricted road.
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HB 0458 |
Support | Allow Automated Speed and Traffic Safety Devices in School Zones without Permit |
Alan Powell |
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3/6/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Government Oversight |
- |
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| This legislation changes the use of radar and automated traffic enforcement safety devices, to allow an agent to operate automated devices without a permit or P.O.S.T. certification in school zones. |
HB 0465 |
Neutral | Industrial Hemp Commission |
John Pezold |
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2/24/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
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| This legislation creates the Industrial Hemp Commission. This commission will oversee, regulate and promote the research and development of industrial hemp and hemp products in Georgia. |
HB 0474 |
Support | Driver's Manual Shall Include Best Practices for Drivers During a Traffic Stop |
Carolyn Hugley |
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1/8/2018 |
Senate Recommitted |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
- |
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| This legislation requires that the drivers' manual developed by the Department of Driver Services include best practices during a traffic stop by law enforcement. |
HB 0475 |
Support | Requirements for Charitable Contributions Receptacles for Donations on Private Property |
Buddy Harden |
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7/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Judiciary |
Regulated Industries and Utilities |
- |
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| This legislation allows a property owner to have an unauthorized collection receptacle removed from their property. If the receptacle is not removed, then the owner may request "law enforcement personnel" take possession of, remove and dispose of the collection receptacle and its contents. The law enforcement personnel has the discretion to honor the request. The law enforcement personnel will be immune from civil or criminal liability. |
HB 0478 |
Neutral | Strengthen Requirements for Access to Booking Photographs |
Brian Strickland |
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2/27/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
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| This legislation prohibits law enforcement from providing booking photographs of any who has not been convicted. It also requires that the requesting party have a Georgia driver's license and physically pick up the copy of the photographs. |
HB 0498 |
Evaluating | Prohibition Against Broadcaster Giving Personally Identifiable Visual Information of a Victim |
Brian Strickland |
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2/28/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Judiciary |
- | - |
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| This legislation creates a cause of action against a broadcaster depicting an accident or trauma scene to provide personally identifiable visual information or identification of a victim. |
HB 0529 |
Evaluating | Animal Welfare - Illegal to Transport Critters in Back of Truck |
Karla Drenner |
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3/6/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Agriculture & Consumer Affairs |
- | - |
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| This legislation prohibits carrying live animals in the backs of trucks on Interstates. Certain farm-related purposes/animals are exempted. The bill also preempts county and city ordinances, as well as caps fines associated with, the transportation of live animals in the back of vehicles on the interstate. |
HB 0541 |
Evaluating | Guns - Prohibit Certain Persons from Owning or Transporting |
Brian Strickland |
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3/9/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
- | - |
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| This legislation prohibits individuals convicted of [domestic] simple assault, simple battery, battery, or pointing or aiming a gun at another from receiving, possessing or transporting firearms. |