Rep. Shaw Blackmon
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Sponsored Legislation
Georgia 2015-2016 Regular Session
"Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act"; enact [HB-1013]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to extensively revise the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program; to revise definitions; to require a signed agreement by parents; to extend the uses for which scholarship funds may be used; to revise requirements for eligibility and participation; to transfer administration of the scholarship program from the Department of Education to the Office of Student Achievement; to revise provisions
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Casas
House Second Readers on 02/17/2016
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Houston County; Commission on Children and Youth; repeal an Act [HB-1048]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating the Houston County Commission on Children and Youth, approved April 14, 1997 (Ga. L.1997, p. 4177); to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Dickey
House Date Signed By Governor on 05/03/2016
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Penal institutions; additional duties of commissioner of corrections; authorize chief of staff to issue warrants of an offender who has escaped [HB-1066]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-2-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to additional duties of the commissioner of corrections, so as to authorize the chief of staff to the commissioner to issue warrants for the arrest of an offender who has escaped from the custody of the department; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Darlene Taylor
Senate Read Second Time on 03/14/2016
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Education; service cancelable loan fund; remove ineligibility for such loans for members of the Georgia National Guard also receiving HOPE [HB-1072]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-374 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service cancelable loan fund and authorized types of service cancelable educational loans financed by state funds and issued by the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to remove ineligibility for such loans for members of the Georgia National Guard also receiving HOPE scholarship or HOPE grant funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christian Coomer
Effective Date on 07/01/2016
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Warner Robins, City of; levy an excise tax [HB-1123]
[Taxes ]
[Tourism ]
[Economic Development ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act authorizing the governing authority of the City of Warner Robins to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A., approved May 11, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3981), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 4161), so as to identify the projects or tourism product development purposes and specify the allocation of proceeds of the excise tax; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Dickey
House Date Signed By Governor on 05/03/2016
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Houston County; State Court; office of the clerk; change to an appointed position [HB-1130]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish the State Court of Houston County, approved February 28, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 2584), as amended, so as to change the office of the clerk of the state court to an appointed position; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Dickey
House Date Signed By Governor on 05/03/2016
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Income tax credit; employers who hire certain veterans for full-time jobs; provide [HB-1151]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, and computation of and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to create an income tax credit for employers who hire certain veterans for full-time jobs; to provide for rules and regulations related to such income tax credit; to provide for certain conditions and limitations; to require annual reporting of certain statistics related to such credit; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Powell
House Second Readers on 03/16/2016
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Elections; advanced voting with regard to Saturday voting; revise period of time [HB-772]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 21-2-385 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for voting by absentee ballot and advance voting, so as to revise the period of time for advance voting with regard to Saturday voting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Buzz Brockway
Senate Engrossed on 03/22/2016
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Health; certain nondiagnostic laboratories not subject to state licensure as a clinical laboratory; provide [HB-780]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-22-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to clinical laboratories, so as to provide that certain nondiagnostic laboratories are not subject to state licensure as a clinical laboratory; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barry Fleming
Senate Read And Referred on 02/09/2016
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Insurance; carriers that sell certain health plans through an agent shall compensate such agent a minimum of 5 percent of collected premiums; provide [HB-838]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance general provisions, so as to provide that carriers that sell certain health insurance plans in this state through an agent shall compensate such agent a minimum of 5 percent of the collected premiums; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Trey Rhodes
Senate Tabled on 03/22/2016