HB 0146 |
Neutral | Requirement for Local Governments to Provide Cancer Benefit to All Firefighters |
Micah Gravley |
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1/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Insurance |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
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| This legislation requires fire departments to purchase insurance coverage on each firefighter to pay claims for cancer diagnosed after serving at least 12 consecutive months as a firefighter in the department if the cancer or treatment makes them unable to perform their firefighter duties. |
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 0152 |
Negotiating | Worker's Compensation For Firefighters Diagnosed with Cancer |
Micah Gravley |
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3/30/2017 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Industry and Labor |
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| This legislation allows worker's compensation benefits for firefighters who are diagnosed with cancer that, upon a preponderance of competent and credible evidence, can prove the cancer was directly related to their duties as a firefighter. |
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 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 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 0312 |
Support | Retirement Plans - Allow Roth option |
Howard Maxwell |
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1/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Retirement |
Retirement |
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| This bill provides that the state retirement system, as well as retirement plans offered by counties and other local governments, may include an option for use of a qualified Roth contribution program in a deferred compensation plan. As to counties, this appears to be a restatement or clarification of existing authority provided to counties under the Georgia Constitution. |
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 0430 |
Neutral | Governor's Education Reform Commission - Charter Schools |
Buzz Brockway |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Education |
Education and Youth |
- |
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| This legislation sets statewide standards and authorization processes for charter schools by local school boards and the State Charter Schools Commission. While an earlier version removed charter schools from local zoning and land use ordinances, the bill was amended in Senate committee to require that "the location of a charter school shall be in conformity with existing county or city comprehensive land use plans, if applicable, or existing land use patterns in the area." |
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 0673 |
Neutral | Prohibit Distracted Driving |
John Carson |
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7/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Judiciary - Non-Civil |
Judiciary |
- |
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| This legislation creates the offense(s) of violation of usage of a wireless telecommunications device, which prohibits the use of the device for texting, receiving or sending text, or talking on a wireless device while driving. The fine shall be $50.00 for the first conviction; the second conviction the fine shall be $100.00; and the third offense shall be $150.00, no additional surcharges shall be assessed on any fine for distracted driving. There is a provision that if proof is presented to the court on the first offense that the driver purchased a hands free device for future use, the charge shall be dismissed. There is a specific exemption for law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS or any public safety first responder during the performance of their duties. |
HB 0699 |
Support | Acceptance of Military Firefighter Training as Required Basic Firefighter Certification |
Dave Belton |
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7/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
- |
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| This legislation allows military firefighter training in lieu of the required basic firefighter training for full time firefighters, upon the approval of the Firefighters Standards and Training Council. |
HB 0703 |
Support | Creation of the Governor's Office of Public Safety Support |
Bill Hitchens |
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5/7/2018 |
Act 439 |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
- |
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| This legislation creates the Governor's Office of Public Safety Support which will provide peer to peer counseling for public safety officers who experience traumatic events. This office will be housed within the Department of Public Safety and will be staffed by employees of the department. The legislation is contingent on funding. |
HB 0798 |
Neutral | Firefighter License Plate - Eligibility |
Mandi Ballinger |
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2/12/2018 |
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
Motor Vehicles |
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| This legislation changes the eligibility requirements for the firefighter prestige license plate. All firefighters and all volunteer firefighters would now be eligible for the license plate created for firefighters. |
HB 0876 |
Neutral | Building Codes - Locals Cannot Prohibit Wood Construction |
John Corbett |
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7/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs |
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs |
- |
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| This legislation preempts local governments from prohibiting the use of wood as a construction material so long as such use conforms to all applicable state minimum standard codes and the Georgia State Fire Code. Several cities, concerned with fire safety, have enacted such ordinances. |
HB 0889 |
Evaluating | Definition Change for Those Eligible for the Georgia Indemnification Fund Payments |
Micah Gravley |
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2/15/2018 |
House Committee Favorably Reported |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
- | - |
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| This legislation creates a new definition of public safety officer that includes all law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicans, emergency management specialist, state highway employees and prison guards. The bill also clarifies eligibility for payment of benefits in certain circumstances. |
HB 0958 |
Evaluating | Required Sign at All Medical Facilities to Indicate a Newborn May Be Left |
Dave Belton |
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2/22/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Health and Human Services |
- | - |
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| This legislation requires the Department of Community Health to design and provide signs to all medical facilities that indicate the locations as ones where a newborn may be left. |
HB 0992 |
Neutral | Deletion of Outdated Requirements for External Defibrillators |
Jodi Lott |
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3/29/2018 |
Senate Conference Committee Appointed 50th, 56th, 11th |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
- |
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| This legislation eliminates sections of the statute relating to external defibrillators that are no longer relavent. |
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 0141 |
Support | Require Engineering Evaluation for All Carnival Ride Permits |
Bruce Thompson |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Regulated Industries |
Regulated Industries and Utilities |
- |
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| This legislation requires the operators the first time they apply for a permit in Georgia to provide an engineering evaluation of carnival rides to the State Fire Marshal prior to the issuance of a permit. |
SB 0154 |
Evaluating | Additional Penalties for Assault and Battery Against Public Safety Officer While on Duty |
Gregory Kirk |
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3/27/2018 |
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation provides for tort liability for those who commit an offense of aggravated assault and aggravated battery against a public safety officer, as well as for the parents of any youth who commit the offense. There is also an additional penalty assessed dedicated to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund. The language from this legislation was added to SB 160 "Back the Badge". |
SB 0160 |
Support | Back the Badge Act |
Tyler Harper |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation provides exclusive jurisdiction of 13 to 17 year olds who commit an offense of aggravated assault or aggravated battery against a public safety official. This legislation includes HB 116, HB 258, and SB 154 which gives superior court full jurisdiction for juvenile cases involving aggravated assault, increasing sentences for assaulting a police officer, and additional penalties for those convicted of assaulting a public safety officer while on duty. |
SB 0228 |
Evaluating | Prohibits Improper Operation of Emergency or Law Enforcement Vehicles by Elected Officials |
Joshua McKoon |
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3/5/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Rules |
Public Safety |
- |
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| This legislation makes it criminal for employees operating emergency vehicles in a manner other than prescribed by law. |
SB 0319 |
Neutral | Creation of the Department of Fire Safety |
John Albers |
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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 provides for the creation of the Department of Fire Safety and transfers the State Fire Marshall's Office, the Firefighter's Standards and Training Council and all other activities related to fire service to the newly created department. |
SB 0404 |
Neutral | Water Service Fees For Fire Sprinkler Systems |
Matt Brass |
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5/3/2018 |
Act 400 |
Governmental Affairs |
Natural Resources and the Environment |
- |
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This legislation states that no county, municipal, or other public water system shall charge or assess a separate fee for water service for fire sprinkler protection systems for more than the cost to provide such service. |