FOP Legislative Update Week #5
The Georgia General Assembly is passed the halfway
mark on its 40-day schedule.
Friday marked the 21st day of the Assembly.
The legislators will not be in session Monday and will
instead resume Tuesday at
The bills that will move faster than others are no doubt going to be; bills that are apart of the Speaker’s GREAT tax plan, water conservation and planning bills, transportation bills, and more bills concerning foreclosures. As is the case with the end of the year in any business it will be a very hectic and busy time. This session will put to close the term of the General Assembly that has met for the past two years. That means next year will be a fresh start and thus all the bills that do not get passed this legislative session will fall to the proverbial waste side.
We expect the next few weeks to be very rigorous and we can assure that we are prepared for the final weeks. Our team is dedicated to all pieces of legislation and will be especially attentive to those affecting law enforcement. It is very important that you read all of the legislation that is listed below. As was said earlier these bills will be getting extra attention from their sponsors since it is the final few weeks of the session’s term. If there are any pieces of legislation that are of concern to you or your industry we highly encourage you to notify the legislative committee so that we may do all we can to guarantee your interests are met.
As far as FOP is concerned, there was much advancement in your legislation. Two House Bills, 373 (allows for those in service in the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety to retain their retirement benefits) and 978 (seizing of vehicles of illegal immigrants) were both favorably reported by their respective committees. House Resolution 1271 (creation of Joint Public Retirement System COLA Study Committee) was read for the second time on Thursday the 14th and then favorably reported on Thursday. HBs 1218 (budget and ratio considerations) and 1242(restraining orders for animals) were both read for the first and second time in their respective committees. Senate Bill 373 (emergency suspension of a peace officer’s certification) was adopted on the Senate side on Tuesday and was then read for the second and first time in the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee. SB 421 (changes the penalties for the crime of knowingly manufacturing, selling, or distributing false identification documents) was read for the second time and then passed on the Senate floor on Thursday. Lastly SB 430 (GBI DNA database) was passed on Thursday as well. Next week looks promising to get more legislation moved throughout the House and Senate.
Below you will find a list of bills and resolutions that are most important to FOP. If you would like to retrieve a complete copy of a bill or resolution you can access the information from the links below.
Bills of Concern:
Highlighted bills are bills that have the opportunity to be passed by both the House and Senate this Session
HB 4: Aims to prohibit the use of cellular, hands-free, or mobile telephones by holders of instruction permits and Class D licenses and to add a points penalty for the unlawful use of cellular, hands-free, or mobile telephones by holders of instruction permits and Class D licenses.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb4.htm
Status:
HB 5: Aims to add a points penalty for the use of cellular, hands-free, or mobile telephones or other wireless communication devices under certain circumstances; to change certain provisions related to exercising due care in operating a motor vehicle and the proper use of radios and mobile telephones.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb5.htm
Status:
House Motor Vehicles Second Read
HB 6: Aims to prohibit certain confiscation of legally owned and carried firearms during certain emergency conditions.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/versions/hb6_LC_29_2480_a_3.htm
Status:
House withdrawn, recommitted
HB 7: Aims to change certain provisions regarding the transporting of certain firearms; to provide for related matters.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb7.htm
Status:
HB 26: Aims to provide for limitations on admission of extrinsic transactions into evidence.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb26.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 48: Aims to provide definitions relating to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund. It defines ‘in the line of duty’ for emergency medical technicians, fire fighters, law enforcement officers, prison guards, and state highway employees.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb48.htm
Status:
House Passed/Adopted
HB 74: Aims to authorize peace officers rendering assistance to state or local law enforcement agencies to exercise the power of arrest.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb74.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 75: Aims to provide for additional offenses which amount to felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer in the case of a serious traffic offense.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb75.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 89: Aims to allow law abiding citizens to transport a concealed weapon in a private motor vehicle.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb89.htm
Status:
House Passed/Adopted
HB 99: Aims to provide tax exemptions for unremarried surviving spouses of peace officers and firefighters who are killed in the line of duty. Also provides a definition for the term "in the line of duty" as the term is used to provide a homestead exemption for the full value of the homestead with respect to all ad valorem taxes for designated unremarried surviving spouses.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb99.htm
Status:
House Ways and Means Second Read
HB 114: Aims to require the use of seat belts in pickup trucks.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb114.htm
Status:
House Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Second
Read
HB 126: Aims to provide that a verdict in a felony case, other than a case involving the death penalty, shall be agreed to by at least 11 of the 12 jurors. Additionally, it intends to provide that a verdict in a criminal case in which the death penalty is sought shall be agreed to by all 12 jurors
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb126.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 143: Aims to prohibit certain employers from prohibiting employees from lawfully carrying and possessing firearms in locked motor vehicles and to provide for immunity for employers who allow employees to possess firearms in locked vehicles on the premises of such employer.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb143.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 149: Aims to require policies that prohibit law enforcement officers from impermissibly using race or ethnicity in determining whether to stop a motorist and to require annual training of law enforcement officers on impermissible uses of race and ethnicity in stopping vehicles. Additionally it intends to require law enforcement officers to document the race, ethnicity, and gender of a motorist and passengers.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb149.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 150: Relates to retirement benefits under the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia for those in service in the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety, so as to provide that certain members of such retirement system may elect to pay an additional employee contribution to such retirement system; to provide that any such person may retire at age 55 or after attaining at least 25 years of creditable service and receive an enhanced retirement benefit; to provide that any such election shall be irrevocable; to provide for persons in service on July 1, 2008
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb149.htm
Status:
House Retirement Second Read
HB 170: Relates to service creditable toward retirement benefits under the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that any person eligible to obtain creditable service for prior service as a temporary full-time employee may obtain additional creditable service as a temporary full-time or part-time employee. Also, it intends to provide a method for determining an apportionment of creditable service for days worked.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb170.htm
Status:
House Retirement Second Read
HB 174: Aims to prohibit the use of cellular, hands-free, or mobile telephones by holders of instruction permits and Class D licenses and to add a points penalty for the unlawful use of cellular, hands-free, or mobile telephones by holders of instruction permits and Class D licenses
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb174.htm
Status:
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
HB 200: Aims to require the use of seatbelts in pickup trucks. It also provides that the failure to use such safety belts may be evidence of causation, negligence, and contributory negligence. It also states that the failure to use a safety belt shall not be the basis for cancellation of insurance coverage or increase in insurance rates. Failure to use a safety belt may be used to diminish any recovery for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, occupancy, or operation of a motor vehicle.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb200.htm
Status:
House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Second Read
HB 209: Aims to change the date by which application for creditable service for prior service as narcotics agents must be submitted and to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal. In order to be eligible for such creditable service, the member must make application as prescribed by the board not later than December 31, 2008, or one year after becoming a member of the retirement system, whichever date is later, provide proof of such prior service, and pay the employee contributions which he or she would have paid if he or she had been a member of the retirement system, together with regular interest thereon.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb209.htm
Status:
House Passed/Adopted
HB 218: Relates to the application of traffic laws and enforcement by security guards employed with the Georgia Ports Authority, so as to require that those employees of the authority who are authorized to exercise the powers of arrest shall be certified peace officers subject to the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb218.htm
Status:
House Passed/Adopted
HB 298: Relates to tax exemptions for unremarried surviving spouses of peace officers and firefighters, so as to provide a definition for the term "in the line of duty" as the term is used to provide a homestead exemption for the full value of the homestead with respect to all ad valorem taxes for designated unremarried surviving spouses of peace officers or firefighters who are killed in the line of duty.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb298.htm
Status:
House Ways and Means Second Read
HB 308: Aims to require a procedure for enhancing eyewitness identification accuracy; to provide for general guidelines relating to the development of eyewitness identification protocol and exceptions thereto; to provide for procedures to compose and present photo lineups and live lineups to witnesses; to provide for instructions to be given to witnesses who view lineups; to provide for documentation of identification procedures; to provide for training in enhancing eyewitness identification accuracy.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb308.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 368: Aims to allow the commissioner of public safety, with the approval of the Board of Public Safety, to sell or trade-in surplus motor vehicles and use the proceeds of the sale or trade-in towards the purchase of new motor vehicles; to provide that the commissioner, with the approval of the board and subject to available funds, shall have the discretion to determine when to purchase new motor vehicles for the department.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb368.htm
Status:
House Passed/Adopted
*HB 373: Relates to retirement benefits in the Employees´ Retirement System of Georgia for those in service in the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety, so as to provide that such persons may return to full-time employment and retain their retirement benefits.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb373.htm
Status:
House Retirement Favorably Reported
HB 560: Relates to use of speed detection and traffic-control signal monitoring devices, so as to change certain provisions relating to speed detection devices; to define a term; to provide certain restrictions for photographic speed detection devices.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb560.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 631: Relates to inadmissibility of evidence obtained by speed detection devices in certain areas, so as to remove the restriction on use of speed detection devices on a highway which has a grade in excess of 7 percent.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb631.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 639: Relates to those in service in the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety, so as to provide that certain members of such retirement system may elect to pay an additional employee contribution to such retirement system; to provide that any such person may retire at age 55 or after accruing at least 25 years of creditable service and receive an enhanced retirement benefit; to provide that any such election shall be irrevocable; to provide for persons in service on July 1, 2008
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb639.htm
Status:
House Retirement Second Read
HB 650: Aims to increase fines for failure to wear safety belts. It states that anyone guilty of the offense of failure to wear a seat safety belt shall be fined no more than $50 for the first offense and no more than $100 for the second offense. The current fine for failure to wear a safety belt is $15 for adults and $25 for minors.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb650.htm
Status:
House Motor Vehicles Second Read
HB 653: Relates to bombs, explosives, and chemical weapons and aims to establish punishment for persons who manufacture, possess, transport, distribute, place, or use a hoax device or replica of a destructive device or detonator with the intent to cause another to believe that such hoax device or replica is or contains a destructive device or detonator.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb653.htm
Status:
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
HB 658: Relates to allowance payable under the Employees´ Retirement System of Georgia upon death, disability, or involuntary separation from employment, restrictions on separating from state service, and employee entitled to involuntary separation benefits, so as to provide that disability benefit calculations shall be applicable without regard to age.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb658.htm
Status:
House Retirement Second Read
HB 659: Relates to prior service credit and payments to obtain credit in the Employees´ Retirement System of Georgia, so as to extend the date by which a member must apply for creditable service for certain military service.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb659.htm
Status:
House Retirement Second Read
HB 669: Aims to change certain provisions relating to the membership of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards Board and Training Council.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb669.htm
Status:
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Second Read
HB 699: To create and establish the "Georgia Law Enforcement Tuition and Training Act" relating to traffic-control signal monitoring devices, so as to make substantial revisions to provisions relating to traffic-control signal monitoring devices; to provide regulation of the use of traffic-control signal monitoring devices by the Department of Public Safety; to create and establish the "Law Enforcement Tuition Trust Fund."
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb699.htm
Status:
House Motor Vehicles Second Read
HB 722: Aims to require policies that prohibit law enforcement officers from impermissibly using race or ethnicity in determining whether to stop a motorist; to require annual training of law enforcement officers on impermissible uses of race and ethnicity in stopping vehicles; to require law enforcement officers to document the race, ethnicity, and gender of a motorist and passengers.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb722.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 964:
Aims to revise provisions relating to the operation of
certain vessels in
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb964.htm
Status: House Public Safety and Homeland Security
Second Read
HB 966: Aims so as to require a license to carry a pistol or revolver or renewal license to carry a pistol or revolver be issued more quickly under certain circumstances; to provide legislative findings; to provide for a cause of action and civil remedies where a license or renewal license is not timely issued
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb966.htm
Status: House Judiciary (Non-civil) Second Read
HB 968: Aims to exempt certain parks from the limitation of ten miles over the speed limit before making a case for speeding based on speed detection devices; to exempt certain counties from the limitation of using a speed detection device where the highway grade is more than 7 percent.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb968.htm
Status: House Judiciary (Non-civil) Second Read
HR 30:
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the
General Assembly shall be authorized to enact legislation and
appropriate funds necessary to provide for retirement credit for
retired members of the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund for
service rendered prior to
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hr30.htm
Status:
House Retirement Second Read
HR 424:
Creating the House Study Committee on the Power of Arrest and
Peace Officer Certification in
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hr424.htm
Status:
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
SB 1: Aims to provide that it shall be unlawful for persons required to register as sexual offenders to photograph a minor.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/versions/sb1_As_passed_Senate_5.htm
Status:
Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 4: Aims to provide for penalties for making a false statement relating to motor vehicles or traffic or aiding or abetting another to do so.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb4.htm
Status:
Senate Public Safety First Read
SB 15: Aims to change certain provisions relating to driver’s license requirement, surrender of prior licenses, and prohibition of local licenses and to change certain provisions relating to driving while license suspended or revoked. Additionally, it intends to specify punishments for driving without being licensed making the third offense in five years a felony.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/versions/sb15_As_passed_Senate_5.htm
Status:
Senate Passed Adopted
SB 21: Aims to change the punishment when the murder victim is a peace officer, corrections employee, or firefighter while engaged in the performance of his or her official duties. The punishment would be life without parole or death penalty.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb21.htm
Status:
Senate Judiciary First Read
SB 36: Relates to the appointment of the executive director of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, so as to provide for salary increases for certified investigators employed with the council consistent with other state employed certified investigators.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb36.htm
Status:
Senate Appropriations First Read
SB 43: Aims to prohibit certain employers from prohibiting employees from lawfully carrying and possessing firearms in locked motor vehicles; to provide for immunity for employers who allow employees to possess firearms in locked vehicles on the premises of such employer unless the employer knew or, in the exercise of ordinary care, should have known that the person using such firearm would commit such criminal act on the employer’s premises. Nothing contained in this Code section shall create a new duty on the part of the employer.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb43.htm
Status:
Senate Judiciary Favorable Reported
SB 80: Aims to amend the "Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law," so as to define certain terms; to provide that certain public retirement systems may invest retirement system assets in certain types of alternative investments, private placements, and other private investments; to provide that such investments may be made up to a certain amount; to shield information related to such investment from public scrutiny; to provide for a code of ethics; to amend the code relating to when public disclosure of records is not required and disclosure exempting legal authority, so as to exempt certain public records from public inspection.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb80.htm
Status:
Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 91: Provides that any driver of a vehicle willfully to fails or refuses to bring his or her vehicle to a stop or otherwise to flees or attempts to elude a pursuing police vehicle or police officer when given a visual or an audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years or both.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb91.htm
Status:
Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 100: Aims to increase penalties for knowingly manufacturing, selling, or distributing false identification documents. Penalties for persons under the age of 21 would only be a misdemeanor.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb100.htm
Status:
Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 119: Aims to provide victims of crime and members of their immediate family with certain rights; to provide for certain procedures relating to a victim of a crime or member of the immediate family; to provide for certain exemptions for a victim of a crime; to provide certain requirements relating to the testimony of the victim of a crime; to provide for application to certain juvenile delinquency proceedings.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb119.htm
Status:
Senate Recommitted
SB 125: Aims to specify that instruments charging violations of speed regulations shall state whether the violation occurred on a two-lane road or highway; to provide for additional penalties to be administered by the Department of Driver Services for certain traffic offenses.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb125.htm
Status:
Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 127: Relates to retirement benefits under the Employees´ Retirement System of Georgia for those in service in the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety, so as to provide that certain members of such retirement system may elect to pay an additional employee contribution to such retirement system; to provide that any such person may retire at age 55 or after attaining at least 25 years of creditable service and receive an enhanced retirement benefit; to provide that any such election shall be irrevocable.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb127.htm
Status:
Senate Retirement First Read
SB 161: Relates to reexamination of persons receiving disability benefits under the Employees´ Retirement System of Georgia, effect of refusal to undergo examination, and effect of ability to engage in gainful employment, so as to delete provisions providing for physical examinations done at a place convenient to the beneficiary; to provide that a beneficiary who has not reached the age of 60 shall submit to an examination; to provide that the disability retirement benefit of certain members shall be reduced by such amounts that the beneficiary receives from workers´ compensation.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb161.htm
Status:
Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 174: Aims to provide for the development of medical and physical fitness standards for persons employed in positions in state government; to provide for the appointment of a medical review board; to provide for payment; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for the expenditure of funds; to provide for applicability.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb174.htm
Status:
Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 219: Relates to sexual offenses, so as to provide for seizure and forfeiture of motor vehicles operated by a person to facilitate certain sexual offenses.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb219.htm
Status:
Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 240: Aims to provide that any member of certain retirement systems shall be entitled to direct that all employer and employee contributions made by or on behalf of him or her, together with earnings thereon, be transferred to an account of his or her choosing so that he or she may manage the investment of such funds without the expertise or intervention of such retirement systems and that his or her membership and participation in any public retirement system be terminated; to provide that such persons shall thereafter be ineligible to participate in a public retirement system.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb240.htm
Status:
Senate Retirement First Read
Bills Introduced in 2008:
HB 875: Aims to provide for the continuation of the established benefit formula; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb875.htm
Status: House Passed/Adopted
HB 902: Aims to repeal certain provisions regarding sentencing of defendants guilty of crimes involving bias or prejudice, circumstances, and parole; to repeal certain provisions relating to notification to seek enhanced penalty; to repeal certain provisions relating to determination of defendant's guilt, object of the offense, and enhancement of sentence; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb902.htm
Status: House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 924: Aims to increase the penalties for teenage drivers convicted of multiple safety belt violations in passenger vehicles.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb924.htm
Status: House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 971:
Aims to provide that a driver’s license issued by another state to
an alien illegally present in the
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb971.htm
Status:
House Motor Vehicles Second Read
*HB 978: Aims to allow law enforcement officers to seize the vehicles of drivers who are not in the country legally and are involved in a traffic accident.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb978.htm
Status:
House Special Rules Committee Favorably Reported
HB 983: Aims to provide for the arrest of certain offenders by out-of-state law enforcement officers.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb983.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 997: Aims to provide for written policies for enhancing witness identification and related protocol.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb997.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
HB 1071:
Aims
to make it unlawful to knowingly remove or attempt to remove a taser
from certain persons.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb1071.htm
Status: House Judiciary
(Non-Civil) First Read
HB 1118: Aims to define certain terms; to provide that a law enforcement agency may receive and investigate complaints from any peace officer concerning the possibility of unlawful activity on the part of another peace officer; to prohibit the disclosure of identity; to provide that no law enforcement agency shall retaliate against a peace officer for disclosing suspected unlawful activity; to provide for legal remedy.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb1118.htm
Status: House Judiciary
Second Read
HB 1119: Aims to require the reports of convictions of driving without a license to be maintained by the Department of Driver Services; to specify a punishment for driving without a license; to require a person convicted of driving without a license to be fingerprinted for identification purposes.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb1119.htm
Status:
House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Second Read
*HB 1218: Relating to investigation by commissioner of public safety, issuance of orders suspending or revoking permit, and ratio of speeding fines to agency's budget, so as to add another offense to the ratio considerations.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb1218.htm
Status:
House Public Safety and Homeland Security First Read
*HB 1242:
Aims to allow a protective order to include the protection of
animals relating to restraining and protective orders in stalking
cases.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb1242.htm
Status:
House Judiciary First Read
*HR 1271: Aims to create the Joint Public Retirement System COLA Study Committee.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb1271.htm
Status:
House Retirement Committee Favorably Reported
SB 339: Aims to allow persons who have valid firearms licenses shall be authorized to possess and carry firearms in state parks, historic sites, and recreational areas; so as to provide that persons who have valid firearms licenses shall be authorized to possess and carry firearms in wildlife management areas.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/sb339.htm
Status:
Senate Judiciary Second Read
SB 350: Aims to change certain provisions relating to driver's license requirement, surrender of prior licenses, and prohibition of local licenses; to change certain provisions relating to driving while license suspended or revoked; to specify punishments and exceptions for driving without being licensed; to determine nationality of person charged with felony or driving under the influence and confined in a jail facility, so as to provide for determination of nationality of person convicted of driving without being licensed.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/sb350.htm
Status: Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 354: Aims to provide another basis for first degree vehicular homicide.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/sb354.htm
Status:
Senate Motor Vehicles First Read
*SB 373: Aims to provide for the emergency suspension of a peace officer’s certification under limited circumstances; to modify certain requirements pertaining to officer interviews for employment; to change references consistent with the modification.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/sb373.htm
Status:
Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 377: Aims to establish the office of natural resource law enforcement officer; to provide for the appointment of such officers; to provide for the qualifications of such officers; to provide for the provision of coverage for general liability and fidelity bonds; to provide for deputy natural resource law enforcement officers; to provide for the terms of such appointments; to provide for duties and powers; to redesignate conservation rangers as natural resource law enforcement officers.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/sb377.htm
Status:
Senate Natural Resources and Environment
*SB 421: Aims to change the penalties for the crime of knowingly manufacturing, selling, or distributing false identification documents based upon the age of the person convicted and the nature of the crime.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/sb421.htm
Status:
Senate Judiciary Second Read
*SB 430:
Aims to provide that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation may
include dissemination of DNA information in a data base and compare
such information to samples collected from evidentiary materials; to
allow law enforcement officials, request for search, separate
statistical data base authorized, and fee for search and comparative
analysis.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/sb430.htm
Status:
Senate Passed/Adopted
SB 448: Aims to change provisions relating to the procedure for indictment of a peace officer for crimes in the performance of his or her duties; to change provisions relating to the rights of the officer.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/sb448.htm
Status:
Senate Judiciary Read and Referred
SR 450: Aims to increase the penalty for aggravated stalking.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/sb450.htm
Status:
Senate Judiciary Read and Referred
SR 820: Aims to create the Joint Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Study Committee.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/sr820.htm
Status:
Senate Natural Resources and Environment First Read
Mo Thrash Megan Langgood
David Stone