The 2013 Crossover Day arrives at the Georgia General Assembly today, the 30th day of the 40-day session, which usually ends up being the longest day for Georgia lawmakers.
By the end of the Crossover Day, legislation must pass at least of the General Assembly’s two chambers in order to be considered during the remaining 10 days of the session.
As of today, the Senate has 29 bills and the House has 36. Both chambers will meet at 10 a.m.
Senate legislation to be considered today, according to the Senate Rules Calendar:
SB 13 by Senator Buddy Carter - relating to nurses, so as to require mandatory reporting for nurses
SB 23 by Senator Gail Davenport and others - to establish the “Stacey Nicole English Act” and in her honor to aid in the location of missing persons who may be incapacitated due to serious medical conditions
SB 228 by Senator Brandon Beach and others – Local Government; define the area of operation of a development authority
SB 62 by Senator Judson Hill and others – Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Program Overview Committee; establish
SB 165 by Senators Josh McKoon and Ed Harbison - Superior Courts; provide for additional judge of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit
SB 170 by Senator Judson Hill - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices; identity fraud; add medical identity fraud
SB 177 by Senator Frank Ginn and others – Georgia Tourism Foundation; change the membership
SB 187 by Senator Judson Hill and others – State Government; provide exemption for the board of commissioners of Georgia Student Finance Commission; board of directors
SB 189 by Senator Fran Millar and others – Education; permit proprietary institutions of higher education to participate in establishing college/career academies
SB 206 by Senator Bill Cowsert and others – Interstate Cooperation; provide for delegation from the State of Georgia to certain conventions
SB 210 by Senator Ross Tolleson and others – Georgia Legacy Program; create; conservation funding mechanisms; operation
SB 243 by Senator Charlie Bethel and others – Education; student scholarship organization; definitions; change certain provisions
SB 225 by Senators Jesse Stone and David Shafer – Criminal Procedure; relieve a surety from liability under certain circumstances
SB 226 by Senator Steve Gooch and others – Coroners; investigation fees; change certain provisions
SB 234 by Senator Burt Jones and others – Insurance; limited licenses to sell travel insurance; comprehensive revision of provision; issuance and regulation
SB 231 by Senator Barry Loudermilk and others – Georgia Driver’s Education Commission; additional sums collected on fines; extend the sunset provisions
SB 113 by Senator Emanuel Jones and others – Civil Practice; personal service of a summons on a corporation; provisions
SB 236 by Senator Burt Jones and others – Insurance; require insurers; indicate amount of the premium increase; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
SB 241 by Senator Hunter Hill and others – “Georgia Leadership and Service Admissions Act”; provide for leadership/service recognition of students
SR 293 by Senator Steve Gooch and others – Ralph A. Pierce Memorial Highway; Lumpkin County; dedicate
SB 213 by Senator Ross Tolleson and others – “Flint River Drought Protection Act”; clarify legislative intent; revise definitions; expand programs
SB 85 by Senator Charlie Bethel and others – Physicians; authorize the administration of vaccines by pharmacists or nurses; vaccine protocol agreements
SB 242 by Senators Hunter Hill and Jeff Mullis - Downtown Development Authorities; undertake projects; reducing energy or water consumption; renewable resources
SB 172 by Senator Emanuel Jones and others – Education; provide the civil rights museum as a division of the Georgia Capitol Museum
SB 94 by Senator Fran Millar and others – Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; delegation of authority to order radiographic imaging tests; revise prov.
SB 121 by Senator Ronald Ramsey and others – License Plates; retired members of the General Assembly
SB 92 by Senator Vincent Fort and others – Taxation/Revenue; add public transit to authorized purposes for proceeds of excise taxes
SB 158 by Senator Nan Orrock and others – Temporary Medical Consent Guardianship; Physician Order for Life- sustaining Treatment; change certain signatures
SB 178 by Senator Fran Millar - Georgia Legislative Retirement System; define a certain term; broaden certain provision
House legislation to be considered today, according to the House Rules Calendar:
HB 150 by Rep. Roger Bruce and others – Law enforcement officers; the reproduction of arrest booking photographs; enact provisions
HB 184 by Rep. David Casas and others – Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act of 1990; authorization to operate by means of accreditation for institutions that meet certain requirements; provide
HB 189 by Rep. Debbie Buckner and others – Natural Resources, Department of; notify local governing authorities before making certain significant changes in park service; require
HB 203 by Reps. Mark Hamilton and Rick Jasperse - American Indian Tribes of Georgia; recognized legitimate tribes; remove certain information
HB 458 by Rep. Alex Atwood and others – Condominiums; maximum allowable casualty insurance deductible imposed by associations; change
HB 490 by Rep. Timothy Barr and others – Teacher health insurance plans; contract with local employers to librarians and other personnel employed by regional and county libraries; expand board authorization
HB 506 by Rep. Calvin Smyre and others – Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; provide for selection of chief judge
HB 513 by Rep. Penny Houston - Education; Georgia Medical Center Authority; abolish
HB 536 by Reps. Chuck Sims and John Carson - County law libraries; receipt and disbursement of funds by counties having a population of 950,000
HB 537 by Reps. Chuck Sims and John Carson - Local boards of education; population provision prohibiting certain members from holding other offices
HB 538 by Reps. Chuck Sims and John Carson - County boards of health; population relative to superintendent of largest municipal school system in certain counties serving on board of health ex officio
HB 539 by Reps. Chuck Sims and John Carson - Campus police officers; repeal a portion of a definition based upon population classification
HB 540 by Reps. Chuck Sims and John Carson - Board of education; pension board recompute pension to teachers and employees who retired prior to April 1, 1955 and who had been awarded a pension for 20 years service in counties of 500,000 population
HR 107 by Rep. Donna Sheldon and others – Joint Study Committee on Medicaid Reform; create
HR 549 by Rep. Ed Rynders and others – House Study Committee on Professional Licensing Boards
HB 132 by Rep. Lee Hawkins and others – Georgia Board of Pharmacy and Georgia Board of Dentistry; administratively attached to Department of Community Health
HB 282 by Rep. Mark Hamilton and others – Municipal Broadband Investment Act; enact
HB 318 by Rep. Ron Stephens and others – Georgia Tourism Development Act; revise certain definitions
HB 372 by Rep. Christian Coomer and others – HOPE; grant at technical college or university institutions
HB 382 by Rep. Jay Powell and others – Torts; governing authority of school that enters into recreational joint-use agreement with public or private entity; limit liability
HB 407 by Rep. Alan Powell and others – Drivers’ licenses; mandatory use of ignition interlock devices following second conviction for driving under influence of alcohol or drugs; modify and extend provisions
HB 434 by Rep. Tom Weldon and others – Liens; mechanics and materialmen; special liens include amount due and interest on such amount
HB 463 by Rep. Tom Rice and others – Motor vehicle licenses; registration rates under International Registration Plan for apportioned vehicles
HB 486 by Rep. Jay Roberts and others – Weight of vehicles; issuance of annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; provide qualifications
HB 487 by Rep. Matt Ramsey and others – Public health and morals; Georgia Lottery; correct a cross reference
HB 494 by Rep. Andy Welch and others – Mass transportation; installation of safety markers on utility lines to provide adequate visual warning in use of private airstrips
HB 499 by Rep. Donna Sheldon and others – Torts; payor guidelines and criteria under federal law shall not establish legal basis for negligence or standard of care for medical malpractice; provide
HB 511 by Rep. Katie Dempsey and others – State employees’ health insurance plan; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for treatment and management of obesity; provide
HB 512 by Rep. Rick Jasperse and others – Safe Carry Protection Act
HB 517 by Rep. Chuck Williams and others – Alcohol; local control of distance requirements of grocery stores and other licensees for retail sale of wine and malt beverages near college campuses; provide
HR 73 by Rep. Carolyn Hugley and others – Word, Mr. Lathan Rydell; compensate
HR 603 by Rep. Katie Dempsey and others – Community Health, Department of; collect and report certain data relating to bariatric surgical procedures
HB 69 by Rep. Tommy Benton - Tax; amount payable for property at redemption; change provisions
HB 197 by Rep. Jay Powell and others – Ad valorem tax; land subject to a forest land conservation use covenant; provide taxation
HB 211 by Rep. Tommy Benton and others – Motor fuel excise tax; public school systems under certain circumstances; exempt
HB 399 by Rep. David Knight and others – Ad valorem tax; types of interests in real property may be subject to taxation; clarify
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