HB 0081 |
Support | Hospital Authorities and Contractors Intercept Income Tax Returns to Pay Medical Bills |
Tom McCall |
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3/1/2018 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Ways and Means |
Finance |
- |
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| This legislation allows health care facilties created, formed or operated on behalf of a hospital authority to intercept tax refunds to pay outstanding medical bills. |
HB 0126 |
Neutral | Restructure of Judicial Qualifications Commission |
Wendell Willard |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Judiciary |
Judiciary |
- |
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| This legislation changes the provisions governing the Judicial Qualifications Commission. |
HB 0159 |
Neutral | Adoption Code Rewrite |
Albert Reeves |
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9/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Judiciary |
Judiciary |
- |
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| This legislation substantially revises and modernizes the adoption laws in Georgia. |
HB 0169 |
Neutral | Charlton County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections |
John Corbett |
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1/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
- |
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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 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 0286 |
Neutral | Guns - No License Needed |
Heath Clark |
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2/10/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
- | - |
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| This legislation allows those eligible for a Georgia weapons carry license to legally carry a weapon without said license. All other provisions and restrictions in current law remain the same and local governments may still prohibit weapons carry in government buildings provided there is screening in place by security personnel. Note that folks can still apply for and receive carry licenses if they desire "administrative confirmation of their right" to carry a weapon. |
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 0334 |
Evaluating | Guns - Those w Restraining Orders Cannot Get Weapons License |
Keisha Waites |
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2/15/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
- | - |
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| This legislation would prohibit individuals against whom a restraining order or protective order has been issued from obtaining a weapons carry permit. |
HB 0355 |
Inactive | Cobb County; Probate Court; change compensation of chief deputy, assistant chief deputy and executive assistant |
John Carson |
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5/2/2017 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
- |
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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 0407 |
Inactive | Cobb County; Probate Court; change salary of superior court clerk, deputy clerk, executive assistant and executive secretary |
John Carson |
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5/2/2017 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
- |
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HB 0420 |
Inactive | Cobb County; Probate Court; change compensation of judge and clerk |
Stacey Evans |
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5/2/2017 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
- |
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HB 0453 |
Neutral | Add Chief Magistrate Judge to County Law Library Board |
David Dreyer |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Judiciary |
Special Judiciary |
- |
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| This legislation adds the chief magistrate court judge to the county law library board of trustees. |
HB 0557 |
Neutral | Clayton County; Probate Court; change compensation of judge |
Valencia Stovall |
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5/3/2018 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
- |
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HB 0572 |
Inactive | Chatham County; Recorder's Court; revise responsibilities of chief judge; provisions |
Ron Stephens |
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5/4/2017 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
- |
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HB 0573 |
Inactive | Cook County; Probate Court; judge shall have jurisdiction to try misdemeanor cases where defendant waives jury trial and pleads guilty; provide |
Penny Houston |
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4/20/2017 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
- |
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HB 0630 |
Neutral | Increase Surety Bond Requirement For Probate Judges |
Mary Oliver |
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1/29/2018 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Judiciary |
- | - |
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| This legislation makes several changes and updates to the laws that govern probate courts. One of those changes is to increase the required surety bond from $25,000 to $100,000. |
HB 0657 |
Neutral | Guns - Unlawful to Provide to a Felon on Probation |
Jesse Petrea |
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7/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Judiciary |
- |
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| This legislation makes it a felony to knowingly and intentionally provide a firearm to another person who is on probation as a felony first offender. |
SB 0015 |
Neutral | Weapons License - Expand Eligibility for Free Permit for Law Enforcement |
Michael Rhett |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
Judiciary |
- |
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| This legislation allows certain former law enforcement officers to receive a weapons carry license without having to pay the permit fee. To be eligible, the individual must have served in law enforcement for at least ten years but left as a result of a disability caused in the line of duty and receives benefits under the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund or from a county, city, state, state authority or federal retirement system. |
SB 0073 |
Neutral | Recorder's Court of Chatham County; chief judge; revise the responsibilities |
Ben Watson |
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2/24/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
- |
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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 0099 |
Neutral | Judicial Procedure for Purging Information from NCIC and Change of Definition of Knife in Weapons Carry Statute |
Elena Parent |
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3/30/2017 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
Public Safety |
- |
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| This legislation allows individual's who have been involuntarily hospitalized to have the records purged and not included in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. This bill was amended to change the definition of Knife in the possession and carrying of a concealed weapon statute from 5 inches to 12 inches. |
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. |