HB 0033 |
Neutral | No Illegal Immigants or non-Georgians on certain Local Boards or Authorities |
Brad Raffensperger |
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1/12/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Judiciary |
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| This preemption legislation establishes additional requirements on individuals (other than ex officio or nonvoting members) appointed to county or city boards, commissions or authorities that establish policy, spend public funds, levy taxes or impose or collect fees or charges. In order to be eligible for such an appointment, the individual must be a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident or an alien having lawful status in the U.S. The individual must also be a legal resident of Georgia, unless he or she resides in another state but owns an interest in business in Georgia or is employed in Georgia. These qualifications do not apply to active duty members of the armed forces or an immediate family member of an active duty member of the armed forces. The body making the appointment (i.e., the board of commissioners) is responsible for determining whether an individual meets these qualifications. |
HB 0158 |
Neutral | Gambling - Georgia Destination Resort Act |
Ron Stephens |
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1/31/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Regulated Industries |
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| This legislation, mirroring SB 79, legalizes gambling in Georgia. Two casino licenses will be granted. One license will be granted within a county having a population of at least 900,000, will be at least a $2 billion investment, located in a convention district and have a hotel with at least 1,000 rooms. The other license will be granted within a county with at least 450,000 people, be at least a $450 million investment, and located near a convention district. These casinos can be open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and will pay a 20-percent tax on gross receipts (70 percent of proceeds go to the HOPE Scholarship and 30 percent will go to a needs-based college scholarship. |
HB 0177 |
Oppose | Mandate - Counties Must Provide Multi-Lingual Services |
Pedro Marin |
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2/1/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Governmental Affairs |
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| This legislation requires counties and cities to provide equal access to public services to individuals with limited English proficiency, including providing in house staff interpreters, bilingual staff or interpreter programs if contact with individuals with limited English proficiency regularly occurs. Documents must be translated into any language spoken by at least three percent of the population of the area served by the county. ACCG has no position on whether counties do this, but opposes having the state mandate it upon us. |
HB 0452 |
Neutral | GBI Shall Post on Website Aliens Released From Federal Custody/Measures to Address Domestic Terrorism |
Jesse Petrea |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation requires the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to publicly post on their website information on aliens who are released who are released from federal custody and notify the sheriff's offices within 12 hours. SB 1 was added to this legislation which sets forth requirements for domestic terrorism. |
HB 0767 |
Neutral | Immigration - SAVE Requirements for Unemployment Insurance |
William Werkheiser |
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2/20/2018 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Industry and Labor |
Insurance and Labor |
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| This bill enables persons filing for unemployment insurance electronically to satisfy SAVE requirements by providing the number of a verifiable and unexpired driver's license or identification card and their social security number. |
HB 0803 |
Neutral | Creates and Expands Criminal Sanctions for Trafficking or Abusing an Elder Person |
Wendell Willard |
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7/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Judiciary - Non-Civil |
Health and Human Services |
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| This legislation creates an offense of trafficking a disabled adult and sets forth criminal penalities as well as expands criminal penalities for elder abuse. |
SB 0093 |
Neutral | Immigration - State to Work with Locals to Facilitate Naturalization of Legal Immigrants |
Lester Jackson |
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1/30/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Government Oversight |
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| This legislation allows the Department of Human Resources to coordinate with existing resources in local government to facilitate the naturalization of legal immigration. |
SB 0100 |
Neutral | Unlawful to Detain Individual With A Valid Visa From Entering GA Airport or Port |
Vincent Fort |
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2/1/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Government Oversight |
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| This legislation prohibits detaining any person with a valid visa to enter the United States at any Georgia airport or port. |
SB 0250 |
Support | Sex Offenders Convicted in Other Countries Require Registration |
Jeff Mullis |
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7/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Judiciary Non-Civil |
Judiciary |
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| This legislation changes requirements for registration of persons on convicted of a sexual offense in another county to be placed on the Georgia the sexual offender registry. |
SB 0452 |
Evaluating | Mandate for Law Enforcement to Notify Federal Authorities upon Arrest of Illegal Alien |
Jesse Stone |
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3/27/2018 |
House Postponed |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Judiciary |
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| This legislation requires that local law enforcement notify US Immigration and Customs Enforcement 72 hours prior to the release of any illegal immigrant from custody. |