Action of 2008 Georgia General Assembly

ACTION OF 2008 GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

BILL NUMBER DESCRIPTION OUTCOME GOVERNOR

HB 89 Firearms; carrying and possession; change provisions PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08

HB 152 HOPE scholarships; home study course PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08

HB 237 Sales and use tax; water pollution eliminating machinery exemptions; change PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08 certain provisions

HB 250 Local boards of education; reports of criminal offenses PASSED SIGNED 5/7/08

HB 272 Sales and use tax; natural or artificial gas sales; provide phased-in exemption PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08

HB 291 Emergency Management; state-wide first responder building mapping PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08 information system; definitions; rule/regulations

HB 296 Special elections; held on certain dates PASSED SIGNED 5/7/08

HB 426 Railroad grade crossings; active warning devices; define PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08

HB 602 School board members; selling school supplies; penalty PASSED SIGNED 5/7/08

HB 637 Quality Basic Education Act; nationally norm-referenced instruments PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08

HB 656 Teachers Retirement System; survivor's benefits PASSED SIGNED 5/7/08 HB 670 Income tax credit; wood residuals; provide PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08

HB 790 School Bus Safety Week – 3RD Week in October PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08

HB 791 School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day – 3rd Monday in October PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08

HB 831 Public Charter School Capital Financing Act; enact PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08

HB 851 Income tax credit; historic structures rehabilitation; change calculation method PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08

HB 881 Georgia Charter Schools Commission PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08

HB 948 Sales and use tax; certain school supplies; certain energy efficient products; PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08 provide exemption

HB 957 Sales and use tax exemption; certain qualified nonprofit job training PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08 organizations; extend sunset date

HB 969 Driver education training requirements; home schooling program PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08

HB 1023 Sales and use tax; government contractors; overhead materials; extend sunset PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08 exemption

HB 1031 Public high schools; interscholastic athletics program; at least one defibrillator PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08

HB 1035 Motor fuel tax; certain public transit and public campus transportation systems; PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08 extend expiration date HB 1046 Watercraft; held in inventory for resale; exempt from taxation; provide PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08

HB 1065 Sales tax; local charter schools; capital outlay projects PASSED SIGNED 5/7/08

HB 1100 Income tax credit; qualified film, video, or digital productions; revise and PASSED SIGNED 5/12/08 change

HB 1110 Sales and use tax; certain sales of food and beverages to qualified food banks; PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08 extend exemption

HB 1133 Education; student scholarship organizations; provisions PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08

HB 1178 Sales and use tax; liquefied petroleum gas; certain purposes; provide exemption PASSED SIGNED 5/12/08

HB 1209 State Board of Education; local school systems; contracts PASSED SIGNED 4/09/08

HB 1249 Income tax credit; solar energy technology manufacturing facilities; provide PASSED VETOED

HB 1277 Health insurance plans; education personnel; consider charter school employees PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08

HB 1300 Minimum school year; certain school days PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08

HB 1321 Education; alleged inappropriate behavior by teacher or school personnel PASSED SIGNED 5/7/08

HB 1335 Quality Basic Education Formula; funding purposes; change program weights PASSED SIGNED 5/7/08

HOUSE RESO. DESCRIPTION OUTCOME GOVERNOR

HR 791 House Study Committee on Georgia's Pre-K Program; create PASSED Does not need signature

HR 1103 Joint Study Committee on Teacher Training and Certification; create PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08

HR 1014 State Board of Education; honor courses; establish uniform statewide standards; PASSED Has no meaning urge

HR 1271 Joint Public Retirement System COLA Study Committee; create PASSED Does not need House Study Committee on Emergency Response and Preparedness Curriculum signature for Georgia High Schools; create

HR 1610 House Study Committee on Emergency Response and Preparedness Curriculum PASSED Does not need for Georgia High Schools; create signature

SENATE

SB 33 Emergency Management; state-wide first responder building mapping PASSED SIGNED 5/13/08 information system; definitions; rule/regulations

SB 159 Homestead Exemptions; change date of filing applications PASSED SIGNED 5/06/08

SB 327 Retirement; full-time teacher; full-time employment and benefits PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08

SB 345 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children PASSED VETOED

SB 474 Minors; provide availability of parental controls over Internet access PASSED SIGNED 5/14/08

SB 480 HOPE scholarships; change certain definitions PASSED SIGNED 4/30/08

SB 492 HOPE scholarships; add accrediting entity to the definition of the term eligible PASSED SIGNED high school

SB 523 Education; capital outlay grants to local school systems; extend date for PASSED SIGNED 5/7/08 automatic repeal SENATE RESOL.

SR 996 Counties/Municipalities; local boards of education; authorize to use tax funds PASSED Does not need for redevelopment signature

BILL NUMBER DESCRIPTION OUTCOME

HB 641 Education, Department of; State Board; Georgia Excellence Foundation; FAILED establish

HB 652 Blind Persons' Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act; enact FAILED

HB 905 Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia's Economy Act; enact FAILED

HB 962 Local boards of education; budget deficit; require public notice FAILED

HB 1244 Income tax credit; teleworking; extend time period FAILED HB 1286 Quality Basic Education Act; Veterans Day; revise provisions FAILED

HOUSE RESOL.

HR 1246 The Property Tax Reform Amendment; enact - CA FAILED

HR 1627 House Committee for Making Georgia #1 in Education; create FAILED

SENATE

SB 80 Public Retirement Systems; define terms; alternative investments; provide code FAILED of ethics

BILL NUMBER DESCRIPTION OUTCOME

SB 372 Local Government; provide for the establishment of ethics panels FAILED

SB 458 Education; require local school systems and schools to be accredited; provide FAILED for definitions

SB 461 Education; provide schools with certain guidelines regarding bullying; submit FAILED policy to Dept. of Education

SB 506 SHAPE Act; require local school systems to conduct physical fitness testing of FAILED students; state physical education instruction requirements

SB 535 Local Boards of Education; require school systems to attain/maintain FAILED accreditation; definition; removal of members SENATE RESOL.

SR 20 Taxation; provide limitations on state government tax and expenditures FAILED

SR 125 Lottery Funds; reserved only for the HOPE Scholarship Program CA FAILED

SR686 Ad Valorem Taxation; freezing values of existing residential real property FAILED