HB 0002 |
Evaluating | Provide for Pari-Mutuel Wagering on Horse Racing |
Geisinger, Harry 48th |
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2/17/2015 |
House Second Readers |
RegI |
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| This legislation details how pari-mutuel betting on horse racing would be established in Georgia if approved by the voters of this state. It provides for local referenda initiated by voters to be held before the commission grants licenses to construct, establish or operate a racetrack or satellite facility. The licensees of racetracks or satellite facilities would be required to retain up to 18% of the pool, with 2% of the retainage going to the county or city in which the racetrack is located , and 7% retainage on the legitimate breakage, with 1% going to the county or city where the satellite facility is located and 1% going to the county or city where the racetrack is located. |
HB 0032 |
Oppose | Require Law Enforcement Officers to Wear Body Cameras |
Mitchell, Billy 88th |
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1/28/2015 |
House Second Readers |
PS&HS |
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| This legislation requires law enforcement officers to wear body camera. This bill does not provide the funding of the body cameras. |
HB 0048 |
Neutral | Redefine Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions for Veterans |
Coleman, Brooks 97th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
MotV |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation expands the statewide homestead exemption for 100% disabled veterans by including veterans that may be less than 100% disabled but are compensated by the Veterans Administration at the 100% level due to the individual's unemployability because of their disability. This change will also apply to the exemption from vehicle ad valorem tax for a disabled veterans and the vehicle exemption is expanded to include an unmarried surviving spouse or minor child in the event of the death of the disabled veteran. According to the tax commissioner's association, this bill should have little to no fiscal impact on the county governments. |
HB 0056 |
Negotiating | Statutory Guidelines for " No Knock Warrants" - Mandatory Reporting to the State |
Tanner, Kevin 9th |
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1/26/2015 |
House Second Readers |
JudyNC |
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| This legislation requires all law enforcement agencies who seek no-knock warrants to adopt guidelines and have an operational plan in place. This bill also requires each judicial officer who signs warrants to report to the Administrative Office of the Courts the number and type of warrants issued on a monthly basis. |
HB 0069 |
Watch | Prohibits Use of Vehicle Data Recorder Information Except by Law Enforcement |
Spencer, Jason 180th |
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4/2/2015 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
MotV |
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| This legislation requires information retrieved from an event data recorder (i.e., a device that records a vehicle's data such as air bag deployment, vehicle sped, steering performance, brake performance or use, and seatbelt status before and during a crash) be private. However, it allows information from the data recorder to be used by law enforcement in order to investigate any violations of law or the cause of the accident, as well as by emergency medical services to administer medical care to the driver or passenger. Additionally, the information obtained from the event data recorder may be obtained through the discovery process in civil litigation. |
HB 0074 |
Watch | Prohibit any State Agency from Assisting the Armed Forces in Investigations of Citizens |
Turner, Scot 21st |
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1/27/2015 |
House Second Readers |
Judy |
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| This legislation prohibits counties from assisting the armed forces of the United States in investigating, prosecuting or detaining any person who was part of or supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban or associated foreces engaged in hostilities against the U.S. or its coalition partners or anyone who commits a belligeraent act against the U.S. or its coalition allies under the law of war if the investigation, prosecution or detention would be in violation of the U.S. Constitution, the Georgia Constituion or any Georgia law. |
HB 0089 |
Neutral | Extension of Date of Incorporation of Local Ordinances for Drug Free Commercial Zones |
Bruce, Roger 61st |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
JudyNC |
JUDYNC |
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| This legislation extends the date for adoption of drug free commercial zones by local ordinance to July of 2015. |
HB 0093 |
Neutral | Requirement That All Law Enforcement Destroy Captured License Plate Data After One Year |
Pezold, John 133rd |
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3/22/2016 |
Senate Tabled |
PS&HS |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation requires law enforcement agencies to destroy all data captured by automatic license plate readers after one year. This bill also makes it clear that license plate reader data is not subject to open records disclosure. |
HB 0106 |
Support | Clean Up Legislation for HB 170, The Transportation Funding Act |
Roberts, Jay 155th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| This legislation was amended to correct errors found in HB 170, The Transportation Funding Act, after it was passed on March 31st. The changes made by this legislation along with the county impact analysis have been incorporated into the summary of HB 170. Please click here for a link to the floor amendment that included the clean up language. |
HB 0112 |
Watch | Prohibt Law Enforcment from using Radar Systems Designed to Observe People through Walls and Structures |
Turner, Scot 21st |
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1/29/2015 |
House Second Readers |
JudyNC |
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| This legislation prohibits law enforcement agencies from using radar systems on moving and near-stationary people through walls, floors, ceilings, roofs and other building structures. This legislation provides for penalities for law enforcement agencies who utilize this technology. |
HB 0157 |
Watch | Warrant Required for the Use of Drones to Observe Private Property |
Cooke, Kevin 18th |
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2/2/2015 |
House Second Readers |
JudyNC |
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| This legislation requires a warrant before an unmanned aircraft may be operated in the airspace above private property for purposes of surveillance without the permission of the owner. |
HB 0177 |
Neutral | Required Acknowledgement of Receipt of Report of Child Abuse and Completion of Investigation |
Wilkerson, David 38th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
JuvJ |
H&HS |
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| This legislation requires DFCS to acknowledge in writing to the informant within 24 hours of receiving information about suspected child abuse and the completion of investigation. This legislation specifies that in the absence of a DFCS agency, the law enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney shall acknowledge receipt of report, and the results of any investigation. This legislation should have no impact on the counties with DFCS offices, for those without a DFCS office the responsibility will fall to local law enforcement. |
HB 0184 |
Neutral | Banking and Finance Title 7 Revision |
Williamson, Bruce 115th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
B&B |
B&FI |
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| This legislation allows law enforcement to enter into cooperative or reciprocal agreements with the Department of Banking and Finance to provide and/or receive examinations, reports and files. |
HB 0230 |
Neutral | Innocent Persons Compensation Act |
Hugley, Carolyn 136th |
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3/18/2015 |
Senate Read and Referred |
JudyNC |
APPROP |
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| This legislation establishes a process and criteria for determining the compensation for a person wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. |
HB 0233 |
Support | Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act |
Atwood, Alex 179th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
Judy |
JUDYNC |
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| This legislation relocates and rewrites the civil procedure by which law enforcement seize and dispose of property or assets involved with illegal activity by state and local law enforcement. For a general summary click here. This legislation was amended to include the language from H.B. 418 which changes the qualifications for persons serving on the grand jury. This legislation will require the sheriff to report on a standardized form, the assets and cash seized and forfeited, and submit to the county commission, as well as the Carl Vinson Institute. Counties should continue to include this form with the budget submission to the Carl Vinson Institute. If the Sheriff fails to comply with reporting requirements their ability to seize assets and forfeitures will be suspended. |
HB 0254 |
Neutral | Waycross, City of; rename the police court as the municipal court |
Corbett, John 174th |
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5/6/2015 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
IGC |
SLGO |
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HB 0263 |
Support | Expansion of Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) to Include an Advisory Board on Juvenile Justice Issues and Planning and Transfer of Licensing of Domestic Violence Shelters to CJCC |
Coomer, Christian 14th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
JuvJ |
JUDYNC |
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| This legislation transfers certain responsibilities for juvenile issues from the Department of Human Services (DHS) to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC). It also creates an advisory board to the CJCC for juvenile justice issues to consist of 33 members appointed by the Governor, that is responsible for creating a three year plan and provide annual reports of progress annually. This legislation was amended to include the transfer of the licensing of domestic violence shelters from DHS to CJCC. This bill will have no fiscal impact on counties, but could create mandates in the future. |
HB 0268 |
Neutral | Change in Procedures for Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse |
Ballinger, Mandi 23rd |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
JuvJ |
JUDYNC |
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| This legislation requires law enforcement officers (and other mandatory reporters of child abuse) to report to the person in charge of a hospital, school, agency or facility, when he or she receives reliable information that child abuse has occurred involving a volunteer or employee that attends to a child pursuant to their duties at a hospital, school, social agency or similar facility. There will be no fiscal impact for counties. |
HB 0280 |
Neutral | Requires Those Convicted of Trafficking for Sexual Servitude be on the State Sexual Offender Registry |
Reeves, Bert 34th |
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4/2/2015 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
JudyNC |
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| This legislation adds those convicted of trafficking a person for sexual servitude to the sexual offender registry. |
HB 0322 |
Support | Foreclosure - Late Filing of Deed will Incur $500 Penalty |
Strickland, Brian 111th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
Judy |
JUDY |
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| This legislation requires all deeds under power to be recorded within 90 days of a foreclosure sale or the holder is required to pay a late filing penalty of $500 to the superior court clerk. The clerk remits these fees to counties for properties in the unincorporated areas and to cities for properties therein. All monies collected must be used for code enforcement, public safety, and community development purposes. Cities must pay the county a 5 percent administrative fee for the clerk collecting and remitting this money. |
HB 0326 |
Oppose | Requirement that Law Enforcement Wear Audio and Video Recording Devices |
Jordan, Darryl 77th |
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2/17/2015 |
House Second Readers |
JudyNC |
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| This legislation requires all law enforcement officers that conduct traffic stops or respond to emergency dispatch calls as their primary duty to wear audio and video recording devices as of January 1, 2017. Law enforcement agencies that do not comply with this legislation are subject to withholding of state funding and state administered federal funding. This legislation is a unfunded mandate, there is no funding provided. |
HB 0338 |
Neutral | Technology Fee on Traffic Fines |
Lumsden, Eddie 12th |
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3/11/2015 |
House Third Reading Lost |
PS&HS |
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| This legislation allows the board of commissioners to adopt a resolution to impose an additional $5.00 to be put on any fine for a motor vehicle offense when the fine includes costs. The $5.00 would be placed into the Electronic Citation Fund to be used to implement, operate and maintain an electronic citation system that could be used by law enforcement agencies, clerks, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers, court officers and the public. The legislation includes a private right of action for any voter to file an injunction against the superior court clerk to ensure that the fee is being collected and an injunction against the board of commissioners to ensure that the Electronic Citation Fund is properly used. |
HB 0430 |
Neutral | Search and Seizure Law Modernization |
Efstration, Chuck 104th |
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4/2/2015 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
JudyNC |
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| This legislation changes how law enforcement officers obtain search warrants and conduct searches.
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HB 0452 |
Neutral | Name Change of Family Violence and Stalking Protective Order Registry and Expansion of Coverage |
Ballinger, Mandi 23rd |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
Judy |
JUDYNC |
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| This legislation changes the Family Violence and Stalking Protective Order Registry to the Protective Order Registry. It expands coverage of the registry to pretrial release orders and sentencing orders that prohibit contact or stalking. |
HB 0455 |
Neutral | Prohibition of Parking in Areas that Block Emergency Vehicles from Entering a Private Property |
Wilkinson, Joe 52nd |
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4/2/2015 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
PS&HS |
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| This legislation prohibits parking a vehicle that prevents emergency vehicles from accessing private property without an identifiable, marked, paved or gravelled driveway. |