Wednesday, March 16, is Day 38 of the 40-day 2016 General Assembly session. Committees are scheduled to meet today, and the House and Senate convene at 10 a.m. with plenty of bills to consider.
Subject — always — to change, here’s what’s on tap:
Events
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense public awareness — Capitol south wing
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, Georgia Peanut Commission — Capitol south wing
noon-1 p.m. Middle School School Chorus and Band Performance, Morgan County Middle School — Capitol north wing
1 p.m.-5 p.m. Teachers Rally, Department of Education — Capitol rotunda
On the House calendar
HR 1253, encouraging local boards of education to provide youth athletes with dugout safety instruction
HR 1342, requesting more recess for school children
HR 1382, creating the State Health Benefit Plan Customer Advisory Council
SB 243, dealing with judicial retirement
SR 1027, creating the Joint Music Economic Development Study Committee
SR 1038, creating the Joint Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Study Committee
HR 1343 encouraging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the proposed Waters of the United States Clean Water Plan rule
SB 208, providing a charter for the city of Stonecrest
Up in the Senate
• HB 54, providing tuition grants to children of officers killed in line of duty who attend University System institutions and meet certain requirements
• HB 65, requiring local boards of education and certain charter schools to hold at least two public meetings on the proposed annual operating budget; require
• HB 73, dealing with residency requirements of certain public officers
• HB 100, changing the date by which a child must reach a certain age in order to be eligible for enrollment in certain educational programs
• HB 229, expanding grandparent rights to visitation and intervention to great-grandparents and siblings of parents; expand
• HB 238, proposing a big income tax break bill
• HB 513, dealing with the right of free speech or right to petition government for redress of grievances
• HB 579, allowing operation of certain vehicles upon highways when used in connection with agricultural pursuit
• HB 691, dealing with removal of appointed judges under certain circumstances
• HB 726, dealing with excise tax; tobacco products
• HB 736, creating special license plates on marine habitat conservation
• HB 737, revising certain codes
• HB 765, allowing retirees to serve on social services boards
• HB 770, dealing with the office trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude
• HB 779, drone legislation
• HB 784, advertising and promotional items for insurance not exceeding $100 will not be considered an unfair trade practice
• HB 800, clarifying the veterinarian-client-patient relationship
• HB 801, expanding HOPE to include certain coursework in computer science as optional rigor requirements
• HB 804, creating a fifth Superior Court judgeship in the Clayton Judicial Circuit
• HB 825, creating the “Protecting Military Children Act”
• HB 831, creating the "Protecting Guardmen's Employment Act"
• HB 851, requiring annual audit of financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of county law libraries; require
• HB 876, updating the license and surety requirements of livestock dealers and market operators
• HB 884, addressing company action level event to include a health organization with certain total adjusted capital levels
• HB 899, dealing with tobacco product manufacturers
• HB 902, requiring hospitals and related institutions to provide educational information on influenza disease to residents of assisted living communities
• HB 910, dealing with health records
• HB 920, restricting civil actions against passive investors in nursing homes and intermediate care homes
• HB 952, the "Georgia Professional Regulation Reform Act"
• HB 962 - Human Services, Department of; creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinship care enforcement administrator
• HB 991, dealing with ad valorem tax
• HB 1028, mandating notice to affected localities upon certain events relating to permitted solid or hazardous waste facilities
• HB 1037, dealing with certified nurse aide registry to nurse aides who provide services in private residences
• HB 1058, revising various statutes related to HIV and AIDS
• HR 1312, dealing with Houston County property currently dedicated as a heritage preserve;
House committees
8 a.m. Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee, Room 403 Capitol — an avian influenza update; Georgia Grow update; and potential Senate bills
3 p.m. Special Rules Committee, Room 515 CLOB
Senate committees
8 a.m. Judiciary Committee, Room 307 CLOB — HB 927, Gov. Deal's plan to add two justices to the state Supreme Court and make other changes, including how the appellate courts divvy up cases.
8:30 a.m. Insurance and Labor Committee, Room 450 Capitol
12:30 p.m. or upon adjournment Rules Committee, Room 450 Capitol
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Getting to Sine Die
Out, Thursday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day
Out, Friday, March 18
Out Monday, March 21
In Tuesday, March 22, for Day 39
Out Wednesday, March 23
In Thursday, March 24, for Day 40
