The Georgia House and Senate convene Wednesday at 10 a.m. for Day 31 of the 40-day, 2016 session.
Then lawmakers, who were off Tuesday after a long Crossover Day on Monday, are out for the rest of the week.
They’ve got a modest schedule of bills to debate and committee meetings to attend. And as always, the schedule is subject to last-minute change.
Events
8 a.m.-noon — Georgia Southwestern Day at the Capitol, Georgia Southwestern State University — Capitol south wing
11 a.m.-noon — Georgia Unites Against Discrimination press conference, delivery of 75,000 emails to Gov. Nathan Deal — Capitol west side at the courtyard of the Presbyterian Church
noon-1 p.m. — Law Enforcement Day at the General Assembly — Capitol north wing
noon-3 p.m. Music Day at the Capitol — Capitol rotunda
1 p.m.-3 p.m. American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Day — Capitol south wing
Up in the Senate on Wednesday
HB 172 , the "floating under the influence" bill. This would allow adults to partake in their favorite alcoholic beverage while floating on the water as long as their raft doesn't have a motor and they stay within 100 feet from shore on a lake, pond, or "other nonflowing body of water..
HB 370 would wipe the slate clean for thousands of county commissioners, mayors, school board members and other local officials who did not file campaign finance reports from 2010-2014, as long as they file their missing reports..
On the House calendar Wednesday
HR 979 creating the House Study Committee on Programs That Provide Services for the
Reading to the Blind and the Visually Impaired
HR 978 creating the House Study Committee on Historic Site Preservation
HR 1135 creating the House Study Committee on Base Realignment and Closure
HR 1341 creating the House Study Committee on Professional Employer Organizations; create
House committee meetings on Wednesday
8 a.m. State Properties Committee, Room 415 CLOB
9:30 a.m. Rules Committee, Room 341 Capitol
1 p.m. Judiciary Committee (Non-civil0, Pak Subcommittee, Room 132 Capitol – SB 193 increases penalties for family violence battery; SB 278 increases penalties for pimping and pandering
2 p.m. State Planning Committee, Room 403 Capitol
3 p.m. Education Committee, Room 606 CLOB — "Spotlight on Education" presentation by Marcus Blackwell, CEO and founder of Make Music Count 2; discussion but no votes on SB 309 and SB 364
Senate committee meetings on Wednesday
noon or upon adjournment Rules Committee, 450 Capitol
1 p.m. Education and Youth Committee, Room 307 CLOB
2 p.m. Health and Human Services Committee, Room 450 Capitol
3 p.m. Economic Development and Tourism Committee, Room 310 CLOB
3 p.m. Judiciary Committee, Room 307 CLOB
4 p.m. Finance Committee, Mezzanine 1
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