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SR223 - Emergency Medical Services Recognition Day; recognize March 2, 2023
John Albers, Randy Robertson, Kay Kirkpatrick
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION commending the emergency medical services professionals of Georgia and recognizing March 2, 2023, as Emergency Medical Services Recognition Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB124 - County Governing Authorities; authority of county governing authorities to reapportion or redistrict their election districts; restate constitutional limitations
Ed Setzler, John Albers, Kay Kirkpatrick
Last updated almost 2 years ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county governing authorities, so as to restate constitutional limitations on the authority of county governing authorities to reapportion or redistrict their election districts; to address local laws relating to consolidated governments; to provide for legislative findings and declarations; to provide for construction; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB219 - Firearm or Knife; exception to the definition of firearm in relation to possession during commission of or attempt to commit certain crimes and Brady Law regulations; provide
Randy Robertson, Matt Brass, John Albers
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to provide for an exception to the definition of firearm in relation to possession of firearm or knife during commission of or attempt to commit certain crimes and Brady Law regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SR180 - Downer-McKinney, Denise; Rome Police Chief; commend
John Albers, Chuck Hufstetler, Randy Robertson
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating Rome Police Chief Denise Downer-McKinney as Georgia's 2022-2023 Outstanding Police Chief of the Year; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB228 - Department of Natural Resources; position of director of outdoor recreation; establish
Sheikh Rahman, Randy Robertson, Michael B. Dugan
Last updated over 1 year ago
55 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to establish the position of director of outdoor recreation in the Department of Natural Resources; to provide legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for powers and duties; to require other public bodies to cooperate with the director of outdoor recreation; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB176 - Inspection of Public Records; the personal phone numbers, personal or governmental issued cell phone numbers, and home addresses; protect
Jason Esteves, Brian Strickland, Gloria Butler
Last updated almost 2 years ago
8 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inspection of public records, so as to protect the personal phone numbers, personal or governmental issued cell phone numbers, and home addresses of judges, law enforcement officers, prosecuting attorneys, and public defenders; to provide for injunctive relief; to provide for a misdemeanor; to provide for civil relief, attorney's fees, and costs of litigation; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB437 - Georgia State Indemnification Commission; abolish and authorize commissioner of administrative services to assume duties; provisions
Bill Hitchens, Eddie Lumsden, Kenneth Vance
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insuring and indemnification of public officers and employees, so as abolish the Georgia State Indemnification Commission and authorize the commissioner of administrative services to assume the duties of said commission in the administration of the indemnification program and in considering appeals of initial decisions in order to correct errors in approving or denying any claims; to require the department to file a report regarding the indemnification program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB265 - Notaries Public; electronic notarization of certain notarial acts using real time audio-video communication technology; provide
Blake Tillery, Michael B. Dugan, Chuck Hufstetler
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 17 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding notaries public, so as to provide for electronic notarization of certain notarial acts using real time audio-video communication technology when certain requirements are satisfied; to provide for and revise definitions; to provide for an electronic seal of office; to provide for requirements and exemptions; to provide for criminal penalties and civil liability, including compensatory and punitive damages; to provide for class action lawsuits; to provide for related matters; to provide for conforming changes; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB348 - Motor vehicles; standards for signs warning of use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; provide
J Collins, Eddie Lumsden, Bill Hitchens
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to use of speed detection devices and red light cameras, so as to provide for standards for signs warning of the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to authorize district attorneys, solicitors-general, and prosecuting attorneys to enforce civil monetary penalties relative to the enforcement of laws regarding speeding in a school zone using recorded images; to amend Code Section 40-6-163 of the O.C.G.A., relating to duty of driver of vehicle meeting or overtaking school bus, reporting of violations, and civil monetary penalty for violations captured by school bus camera, so as to revise penalties for failure to pay a civil monetary penalty relating to illegal passing of a school bus; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB128 - Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; the total percentage of funds that can be invested in alternative investments; raise the limit
John Albers, Randy Robertson, Michael B. Dugan
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law," so as to raise the limit for the total percentage of funds that the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund may invest in alternative investments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Georgia district SD-056
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