| HB 0034 |
Watch | Open Proceedings for Board of Pardons and Parole |
Jesse Petrea |
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1/12/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
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| This legislation makes the records relating to the supervision of probationers and parolees open records, as well as makes other changes to the probation and parole system. |
| HB 0053 |
Watch | Juvenile Code Jurisdiction for Children Under the Age of 18 |
Mary Oliver |
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1/23/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Juvenile Justice |
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| This legislation increases the age of children who are subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and juvenile facilities from 17 to 18 years, thereby increasing the case loads of the juvenile court and juvenile probation. |
| HB 0120 |
Watch | Revision of Notary Law |
Andrew Welch |
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1/26/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Judiciary |
- | - |
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| This law revises the requirements for becoming and performing as a public notary. |
| 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 0185 |
Watch | Allow Associate Probate Judges to Also Serve as a Judge Advocate in the Military |
Christian Coomer |
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3/27/2018 |
Senate Tabled |
Judiciary |
Judiciary |
- |
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| This legislation allows fulltime associate probate court judges to serve as a judge advocate general or other military role in a military reserve. Under current law, full time associate probate judges are not allowed to practice law outside of his or her role as judge. |
| HB 0213 |
Watch | Mandatory Minimum Sentence for Drug Offenses Involving Fentanyl |
Rich Golick |
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1/8/2018 |
Senate Recommitted |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
Judiciary |
- |
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| This legislation adds the sale, manufacture or possession of fentanyl to the list of offenses with a mandatory minimum sentence. |
| HR 0288 |
Watch | House Study Committee on Minority Business Participation in State Contracts; create |
Sheila Jones |
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2/17/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Special Rules |
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| This legislation creates the House Study Committee on Minority Business Participation in State Contracts. |
| SB 0045 |
Watch | Prohibition of Any Device Used to Film Under or Through a Person's Clothing |
Larry Walker |
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3/24/2017 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
Judiciary |
- |
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| This legislation makes it a crime to surreptitiously record a person under or through a person's clothing to view their body or undergarments. There is an exception for law enforcement and prosecutors investigating and prosecuting criminal offenses and retailers that provide surveillance in a customer changing room. |
| 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 0396 |
Watch | Telephone System for Physically Impaired |
David Shafer |
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3/12/2018 |
House Committee Favorably Reported |
Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications |
Regulated Industries and Utilities |
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| SR 0146 |
Watch | Constitutional Amendment to Provide Certain Rights and Enforcement of those Rights of Victims of Crime |
John Kennedy |
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5/8/2018 |
Act 467 |
Judiciary - Non-Civil |
Judiciary |
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| This legislation asks the voters to approve an amendment to the Georgia Constitution establishing rights of victims due to an act committed in violation of the criminal or juvenile delinquency laws. |
