SWGA Politics

In Committee Today: Monday, February 8, 2010

Senate Ethics Committee (pdf)

• HB 540, Rep Austin Scott’s bill making several changes to electoral law. (Hearing Only)

Senate Special Judiciary Committee (pdf)

• SB 138, Senator John Wiles’ Transparency in Lawsuits Protection Act

Senate Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee (pdf)

• Organizational Meeting
• SR 761, Senator Judson Hill’s resolution urging the US Congress to require the US Census Bureau to provide a fair, accurate, and unbiased actual count of the population
• Georgia Census 2010 Update & Deadlines
• GA Complete Count Committee Update

Senate Public Safety Committee (pdf)

• SB 345, Senator Jim Butterworth’s bill to allow street races which are sanctioned by the local governing authority
• SB 318, Senator Jack Murphy’s mandating that a qualified affidavit accompany any complaint against most law enforcement officers
• SB 360, Senator Jack Murphy’s bill banning texting while driving under the age of 18
• SR 570, Senator Nan Orrock’s resolution expressing support for comprehensive immigration reform

Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee (pdf)

• SB 303, Senator John Douglas’ bill to allow certain pythons and anacondas to be kept as pets under certain conditions
• SR 859, Senator Judson Hill’s resolution urging the US Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service to approve the broadest possible five year plan for offshore development.
• SR 958, Senator Chip Pearson’s resolution requesting that the US Congress pass legislation that would postpone the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to regulate greenhouse gases through the Clean Air Act

Senate Judiciary Committee (pdf)

• SB 334, Senator Judson Hill’s classifying medical identity fraud as a crime
• SB 313, Senator Ed Harbison’s bill mandating that all testimony before a grand jury be sworn

House Judiciary Civil Jacobs Subcommittee (link)

• HB 972, Rep Billy Mitchell’s bill allowing an opportunity to pay a debt in full during the notice of foreclosure period
• SB 57, Senator Bill Hamrick’s bill making changes to the Georgia Fair Lending Act

Note: These will be hearings only on these two bills.

House Industrial Relations Employment Security and Unemployment Insurance Subcommittee (link)

• HB 887, Rep Kevin Levitas’ allowing civil immunity for employers disclosing job performance information under certain conditions

House Economic Development and Tourism Committee (link)

• HB 867, Rep Ron Stephens’ bill creating a Commission on Regional Planning

House Judiciary Non-Civil Ramsey Subcommittee (link)

• HB 567, Rep Don Parson’s Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights
• HB 901, Rep Kevin Levitas’ bill mandating that all fourth offender felons must serve the maximum sentence
• HB 1002, Rep Wendell Willard’s increasing the punishment for crimes against judges and court personnel

The Senate Rules Committee (link) will meet but has no agenda available online at the time of this writing.

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