Other key bills from Crossover Day

Here is a look at some other key pieces of legislation that moved during Crossover Day on Friday.

PASSED HOUSE

HB 567  would clarify the rights of crime victims and the method for notifying them of developments in their case.

HB 853 would ensure safer usage of tanning beds and increase awareness of their associated health risks.

HB938 would make it illegal to text while driving, but would not affect drivers’ right to use navigation devices, even if they are hand-held

HB 1019 would allow people in areas declared a federal disaster area to get state documents, such as marriage and hunting licenses, replaced for free within 60 days of a disaster.

HB 1020/HR 1203 calls for a constitutional amendment that, if approved by voters, would broaden the uses for the education sales tax. The bill would allow school boards to put before local voters an ESPLOST that would pay maintenance and operation expenses or reduce property rates.

HB 1242 would make it clear that state Transportation Board members serve under the same ethics disclosure rules as legislators. They must file personal disclosure forms, and lobbyists who buy them meals, travel or gifts must file reports on it.

HB 1393 would help Clayton County bus riders, who are about to see their transit service close down completely on Wednesday. The House voted to raise the county’s sales tax cap, opening the door for the county to join MARTA by levying an additional 1 percent sales tax, if it chooses to do that.

PASSED SENATE

SB 161 would create a statewide autism task force to study autism spectrum disorders.

SB 399 would prohibit any state agency or department from implementing any part of the federal health care plan without approval from the General Assembly.

SB407 would allow the interstate purchase of cheaper health insurance.

SB 426 would allow action against school board members who contribute to a school system losing its accreditation. The bill would crack down on unethical behavior in local school boards.

SB 515 would create the Educators Salary Protection Act, which would protect Georgia teachers from additional furlough days.

SB517 would remove the quarter mill state ad valorem tax.

SB520 would restore division status to the state Department of Transportation’s group that works on mass transit, rail and other alternatives to roads, the Intermodal office.

SB 523 would reconstitute the size of the Georgia Sports Hall Of Fame Authority and open the door for someone to fund a move of the Sports Hall of Fame and the Music Hall of Fame to leave Macon.

FAILED IN HOUSE

HB 1343 would have raised fees charged to people on probation.

FAILED IN SENATE

SR 1287 would have been a constitutional amendment to remove the quarter mill state ad valorem tax. Democrats killed the measure, but it returned in SB 517, which passed.