Insurance; provide changes to the captive insurance company provisions; add definitions [HB-552]
[Insurance ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for changes to the captive insurance company provisions; to add certain definitions; to change prerequisites to transacting insurance; to amend provisions relating to directors; to revise the required amounts of capital or surplus for each captive insurance company; to provide for application of certain provisions to the examination of a captive insurance company and add confidentiality of certain information and documents
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HB-552: Insurance; provide changes to the captive insurance company provisions; add definitions
Sponsored by: Rep. Rich Golick
Effective Date on 07/01/2015
Searches; use of no-knock search warrants; provisions [HB-56]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to searches with warrants, so as to provide for the use of no-knock search warrants; to provide for definitions; to change provisions relating to the issuance of search warrants; to provide for written policies relating to no-knock search warrants; to change provisions relating to when search warrants may be executed; to change provisions relating to the use of force in executing a search warrant; to change provisions relating
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HB-56: Searches; use of no-knock search warrants; provisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Hugley
House Second Readers on 01/26/2015
State tort claims; waiver of sovereign immunity for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; provide [HB-59]
[Law Enforcement ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 21 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waiver of sovereign immunity as to actions ex contractu and state tort claims, so as to provide for waiver of sovereign immunity for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
HB-59: State tort claims; waiver of sovereign immunity for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; provide
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Willard
Veto V2 on 05/03/2016
Elections; reopening of qualifications with regard to nonpartisan candidates under certain circumstances; provide [HB-64]
[Elections ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for the reopening of qualifications with regard to nonpartisan candidates under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
HB-64: Elections; reopening of qualifications with regard to nonpartisan candidates under certain circumstances; provide
Sponsored by: Rep. Trey Kelley
House Second Readers on 01/27/2015
Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; salary supplements for judges; change provisions [HB-640]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit and providing for its powers, duties, jurisdiction, and officers, approved February 12, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 110), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 10, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 3722), so as to change provisions relating to the salary supplements for the judges of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
HB-640: Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; salary supplements for judges; change provisions
Sponsored by: Rep. David Clark
Senate Taken From Table on 01/11/2016
Use of force; battered persons defense for aggravated assault or aggravated battery; allow [HB-702]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 16-3-21 and 17-10-6.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the use of force in defense of self or others and punishment for serious violent offenders, respectively, so as to allow a battered persons defense for aggravated assault or aggravated battery; to change provisions requiring mandatory minimum punishment for battered persons who are convicted of a serious violent felony; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
HB-702: Use of force; battered persons defense for aggravated assault or aggravated battery; allow
Sponsored by: Rep. Rich Golick
House Second Readers on 01/12/2016
Juvenile Code; domestic relations; terminating parental rights; provisions [HB-713]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-2 and Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions for the Juvenile Code and domestic relations, respectively, so as to provide that causing a child to be conceived as a result of violating certain prohibitions relating to certain offenses is an additional ground for terminating parental rights; to revise definitions; to provide that causing a child to be conceived as a result of violating certain prohibitions relating to certain offenses is an additional ground
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Supreme Court; terms of court; change provisions [HB-741]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for the Supreme Court of Georgia, so as to change provisions relating to the terms of court; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
HB-741: Supreme Court; terms of court; change provisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Chuck Efstration
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute on 02/01/2016
Crimes and offenses; sexual contact between school personnel and students; prohibit [HB-744]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-5.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sexual assault by persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority, so as to prohibit sexual contact between school personnel and students enrolled at such school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
HB-744: Crimes and offenses; sexual contact between school personnel and students; prohibit
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Carter
House Second Readers on 01/15/2016
Crimes and offenses; trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; provisions [HB-770]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to provide for and revise defined terms; to change penalty provisions; to remove a potential defense to a charge of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
HB-770: Crimes and offenses; trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; provisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Welch
Effective Date on 07/01/2016