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HB269 - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; authorize local workforce development boards to conduct meetings via teleconference
Shaw Blackmon, Demetrius Douglas, Houston Gaines
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings open to the public, limitation on action to contest agency action, recording, notice of time and place, access to minutes, and telecommunications conferences, so as to authorize local workforce development boards, formed pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and their associated committees and local officials to conduct meetings via teleconference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB121 - Counties and Municipal Corporations; local governments from denying the drilling, servicing, or repair of new or existing water wells on single-family residential and farm properties; prohibit
Lee Anderson, Frank Ginn, Steve Gooch
Last updated over 1 year ago
39 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prohibit local governments from denying the drilling, servicing, or repair of new or existing water wells on single-family residential and farm properties; to prohibit local governments from precluding or denying the installation of new water wells on single-family residential and farm properties situated on one acre of property or more; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR205 - Farris, Master Sergeant (Ret.) Endya Arnez; recognize
Tonya P. Anderson, Gloria Butler, Ed Harbison
Last updated over 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Master Sergeant (Ret.) Endya Arnez Farris; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR108 - Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council; congratulate
Larry Walker, John Albers, John F. Kennedy
Last updated almost 2 years ago
10 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council for receiving the Chief V. Kenneth Elmore Memorial Award; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB240 - Retirement and Pensions; the minimum and maximum allowable benefit multiplier for current and future retirees; revise
Larry Walker, Randy Robertson, Blake Tillery
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to revise the minimum and maximum allowable benefit multiplier for current and future retirees; to require certain social security coverage for all employees of a political subdivision who are members of the Public School Employees Retirement System; to prohibit the approval of certain plans; to provide for reporting; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
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
SR150 - State Restaurant Day; recognize February 22, 2023
Matt Brass, John F. Kennedy, Steve Gooch
Last updated almost 2 years ago
55 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION commending the restaurant industry of Georgia and recognizing February 22, 2023, as State Restaurant Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB211 - Georgia Council on Literacy; establish
Billy Hickman, Clint Dixon, John F. Kennedy
Last updated over 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to establish the Georgia Council on Literacy; to provide for consultation with subject matter experts; to provide for automatic repeal; to require local school systems to develop and implement five-year literacy plans for such school system and individual literacy plans for students in kindergarten through grade five; to replace the Education Coordinating Council with the Alliance of Education Agency Heads; to provide for related matters; to make conforming changes; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB225 - National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Policy Locator; conduct a quarterly search; require an insurer
Marty H. Harbin, Steve Gooch, Colton Moore
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-25-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act," so as to require an insurer to conduct a quarterly search of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' policy locator; to provide for annual reporting to the Commissioner of Insurance; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Georgia district SD-020
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