Day 39 for the Legislature promises to be busy

Tuesday, March 22 is Day 39 at the Georgia General Assembly. With one legislative day to go, it promises to be a busy day of horse-trading, deal-making and voting in the state House and Senate.

The day’s schedule is subject to change. But here’s what was on tap at press time.

Events

6 a.m.-noon Rally Against SB 308, Feminist Women's Health Center — Liberty Plaza

8 a.m.-1 p.m. Champions for Children Easter Seals — Capitol south wing

10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Press conference by Georgia Federation of Teachers, the Georgia AFL-CIO and others on Opportunity School District referendum, SR 287, being voted on this November 6th — Room 505 CLOB

12 p.m.-1 p.m. Shiloh Middle School Choir, state Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick, D - Lithonia — Capitol rotunda

12:30 p.m. — Sen. Greg Kirk, R-Americus press conference on HB 757, Free Exercise Protection Act — Room 203 CLOB

1 p.m.-5 p.m. Pillars of Personhood Georgia Right to Life — Liberty Plaza

1 p.m. HB 859 (campus carry) petition delivery and press conference, Feminist Women's Health Center — Capitol rotunda

2 p.m.-5 p.m. Stop the Madness, Save a Life Youth Rally, Lion of Judah Faith Center — Capitol south wing

Up in the House

HR 1254, encouraging Medicaid care management organizations to cover certain attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder medications

HR 1564, encouraging the state Department of Public Health to provide sudden cardiac arrest prevention education

SB 18, establishing policies for the Technical College System of Georgia to grant academic credit for college level learning for military service and work experience

SB 230, creating the 'Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act'

SB 271, dealing with admission to emergency receiving facilities for mental health treatment

SB 417, create the 'Georgia Film and Television Trail Act'

SB 184, dealing with dog breeds

SB 255, changing garnishment laws

SB 275, dealing with free exercise of the right of freedom of speech for school board members

SB 329, expanding provisions awarding of high school diplomas based on certain dual credit coursework (Ed

SB 346, exempting projects for construction/improvement of public roads from environmental effects reports

SB 383, dealing with the Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council

SB 389, dealing with temporary assistance for needy families

SB 420, requiring referendum approval prior to the expenditure of public funds for fixed guideway transit

On the Senate calendar

HB 21 — Transit Authority; creation of; metropolitan areas; repeal a population provision

HB 51 – Taxes' amount payable at redemption of property; change provisions

HB 59 – State tort claims; waiver of sovereign immunity for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; provide

HB 93 – Motor vehicles; law enforcement retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems for certain periods; prohibit

HB 166 – Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act; enact

HB 193 – Life Insurance Consumer Disclosure Model Act; enact

HB 205 – Drivers' licenses; require driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on vehicle; provisions

HB 212 – Pain management clinics; health care professionals who must be on-site for the clinics to provide medical treatment or services; revise a provision

HB 216 – Occupational diseases; define certain terms; provisions

HB 304 – Criminal procedure; fixing of sentence; clarify service of consecutive sentences

HB 364 – Real estate transfer tax; change certain provisions

HB 402 – Insurance; encourage employers to provide work based learning opportunities for students age 16 and older; provisions

HB 408 – Excise tax; rooms, lodging and accommodations; clarify application of certain provisions to certain municipalities

HB 514 – South Fulton, City of; Fulton County; incorporate

HB 547 – Estates; taxes and tax liens; change provisions

HB 605 – Georgia Judicial Retirement System; member who was serving in a full-time position on his or her retirement may use prior part-time service for vesting; provide

HB 614 – Landon Dunson Act; enact

HB 654 – Tattoo studios; post notification that certain tattoos could disqualify wearer from military service; require

HB 659 – Education; provide transparency of financial information of local school systems and schools; provisions

HB 690 – Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; provide that certain law enforcement officers obtain creditable service in system under certain conditions; provisions

HB 738 – Local government; county law libraries; revise use of excess funds

HB 745 – Public property; extend automatic repeals of certain provisions relating to writing off small amounts due to the state; provisions

HB 759 – Courts; financial institutions; certain activities shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law; provide

HB 763 – Sales and use tax; exemption regarding certain food and food ingredients; remove sunset

HB 764 – Motor vehicles; drives to stop at crosswalks with pedestrian-activated rectangular rapid flash beacons; require

HB 769 – Ad valorem tax; certain watercraft held for sale or resale; make permanent at exemption

HB 772 – Elections; advanced voting with regard to Sunday voting; revise period of time

HB 773 – Georgia House and Finance Authority; outstanding bond limit; increase

HB 783 – Controlled substances; Schedules I and IV; change certain provisions

HB 792 – Firearms; carrying, possession, and use of electroshock weapons by persons who are students or who are employed at a public institution; authorize

HB 798 – HOPE; home study students who receive certain scores on standardized college admission tests; provide eligibility

HB 802 – Revenue and taxation; deduction from income for contributions to savings trust accounts; revise

HB 806 – Drivers' licenses; expiration of certain licenses and identification cards; provisions

HB 808 – Courts; Judicial Qualifications Commission; create

HB 818 – Workers' compensation; insurance, awards, benefits and administration; change certain provisions

HB 821 – "Military Spouses and Veterans Licensure Act"; enact

HB 822 – Sales and use tax; energy used in agriculture; revise definition

HB 838 – Insurance; carriers that sell certain health plans through an agent shall compensate such agent a minimum of 5 percent of collected premiums; provide

HB 853 – "Coverdell-Murphy Act"; update current system of levels of certified stroke centers to reflect advances in stroke treatments and therapy; provisions

HB 856 – Probate courts; bond required for judges; change provisions

HB 862 – Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; clarify definition of disabled veteran

HB 866 – Insurance; multiple employer self-insured health plans; exempt from premium taxes

HB 869 – Professions and businesses; responsibilities of brokers and qualifying brokers to review certain documents; change certain provisions

HB 874 – Courts; ability to prosecute street gang terrorism; improve

HB 879 – Elementary and secondary education; seal of biliteracy for high school graduates with a high level of proficiency in one or more foreign languages in addition to English; provide

HB 882 – Insurance; foreign and alien insurer deposit requirement of securities eligible for investment of capital funds in certain amounts; eliminate

HB 883 – Insurance; insurers rehabilitation and liquidation; change certain provisions

HB 885 – Health; certain counties to create a country board of health and wellness; repeal statue

HB 889 – Professions and businesses; funeral establishments and crematories; authorize certain advertisements related to crematories and cremation services

HB 895 – Elementary and secondary education; finance directors of charter schools participate in initial and annual training; require

HB 897– Health; care and protection of indigent and elderly patients; provide for the establishment and operation of a drug repository program to accept and dispense unused prescription drugs

HB 900 – Crimes and offenses; electronic data base of prescription information; authorize the retention of data base information for 2 years

HB 904 – Labor and industrial relations; employment security; change certain contribution rates and credits

HB 905 – Courts; child abuse; change provisions

HB 911 – Sales and use tax; agricultural machinery and equipment; provide exemption

HB 916 – "The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights"; certain audits conducted by the Department of Community Health; remove exception; provisions

HB 922 – Income tax credit; creating quality jobs; add definition of taxpayer

HB 926 – Pharmacists and pharmacies; regulation of certain facilities and entities involved in the wholesale, manufacture, and distribution of drugs; provide

HB 927 – "Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016"; enact

HB 935 – Ad valorem tax; properties eligible for a freeport exemption; add certain fulfillment centers

HB 936 – Income tax; wages necessary to qualify for a job tax credit; clarify certain terms

HB 937 – Sales and use tax; exemption for projects of regional significance; change sunset provision

HB 941 – Courts; review of incidents involving a peace officer's use of deadly force that results in death or serious bodily injury; provide for procedure

HB 943 – Contracts; additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defeat clauses which are void and enforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; provide

HB 944 – Health; pronouncement of death of patients in nursing homes who are organ donors by a physician assistant or registered professional nurse; provide

HB 949 – Crimes and offenses; illegal use of financial transaction cards; revise provisions

HB 954 – "Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act"; enact

HB 957 – Probate courts; judges and clerks publicly post notice of the availability of the affidavit of indigence; provide

HB 959 – Education; K-12; update and clarify certain provisions

HB 960 – Tax and revenue; confidentiality of certain tax information; provisions

HB 976 – State records management; minimum retention periods for video recordings from law enforcement devices on or inside a vehicle; provide

HB 980 – Municipal elections; reopening of qualifications under certain conditions; provide

HB 987 – Ad valorem tax; property; change certain definitions

HB 1004 – Courts; maps, plats, and plans to be filed for record; provide requirements

HB 1014 – Income tax; exemption for donation of real property for conservation use; extend sunset date

HB 1025 – Courts; service of accusations of or citations for violations of ordinances under certain circumstances; change provisions

HB 1030 – Georgia Seed Development Commission; change certain provisions

HB 1043 – Vaccine protocol agreements; influenza; exempt activities conducted by a hospital or health system from certain requirements

HB 1060 – Crimes and offenses; carrying and possession of firearms; confirm that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed

HB 1070 – Domestic relations; adoption; permit the department to use certain information in the records concerning the adopted child's biological parents

HB 1072 – Education; service cancel-able loan fund; remove ineligibility for such loans for members of the Georgia National Guard also receiving HOPE

HB 1073 – Juvenile Code; procedure in juvenile courts; change provisions

HB 1085 – Social services; aging; transfer oversight of such services to the Department of Community Health

HR 1052 – Thomas William Poole Memorial Bridge; Schley County; dedicate

HR 1113 – Judicial Qualifications Commission; create

House committees

9 a.m. Rules Committee — Room 341 Capitol

Senate committees

None announced