2021 Georgia General Assembly City of Atlanta Update FEC Presentation April 28, 2021 City of Atlanta IGA Team Jerome Jordan | Reese McCranie Walter Vinson | Gabrielle Sanders Slade 1 2021 Legislative Session • The General Assembly first convened on Monday, January 11th • Crossover Day was Monday, March 8th • Sine Die was March 31st • Governor Kemp has 40 consecutive days from the end of session to act on all legislation passed out of the General Assembly. 2 2021 Legislative Session Bills signed into Law: • SB 202 – sponsored by Sen. Max Burns (voting legislation) • HB 317 – sponsored by Rep. Ron Stephens (imposes state/local taxes on short term rentals) 3 2021 Legislative Session: Bills that are awaiting Governor’s action Local Bills • HB 757 – sponsored by Rep. Bee Nguyen (Atlanta Urban Enterprise Act – City of Atlanta legislation) General Bills • HB 150 – sponsored by Rep. Bruce Williamson (preempting governments from prohibiting energy sources) • HB 98 – sponsored by Rep. Eddie Lumsden (grants local governments authority to hold virtual public hearings) • HB 134 – sponsored by Rep. Victor Anderson (creating an exemption under the Open Meetings/Open Records Act for cybersecurity discussions/documents in executive session) 4 2021 Legislative Session: Bills that are awaiting Governor’s action General Bills • SB 32 – sponsored by Sen. Matt Brass (exempting unlisted telephone numbers/personal cell numbers from open records) • SB 236 – sponsored by Sen. Matt Brass (allow no more than two mix drinks containing up to 3 ounces of liquor to be sold per adult entre for off‐premise consumption) Crime & Public Safety • HB 534 – sponsored by Rep. Josh Bonner (Street Racing) • HB 479 – sponsored by Rep. Bert Reeves (repeals/replaces 150yo Citizen’s Arrest Statute) • HB 286 – sponsored by Rep. Gaines (prohibition on police department budget cuts) 5 2021 Legislative Session: Bills monitored for next session General Bills • HB 328 – sponsored by Rep. Martin Momtahan – (reduction in rights‐of‐way fees owed to cities) • HB 713 – sponsored by Rep. Katie Dempsey – (Reducing Street Homelessness Act of 2021) • HB 843 – sponsored by Rep. Betsy Holland – (Property Tax Deferral Legislation) • HB 854 – sponsored by Rep. Todd Jones – (to create Buckhead City in House Hopper – not assigned to committee) • SB 266/HB276 + others – sponsored by Sen. Marty Harbin/Rep. Philip Singleton – (bills related to transgender athletes) • HB116/HB499/SB24 + others – (minimum wage) 6 2021 Legislative Session: Bills monitored for next session Airport Bills • HB 477 – sponsored by Rep. Sam Watson – (amended to remove jet fuel tax credit for airlines ‐ passed in House, did not reach final passage in Senate) • HB 269 – sponsored by Rep. Mike Glanton – (Airport Property Tax) • HB 151/HB 642/HB 643 – Sponsored by Rep. Rhonda Burnough – (Airport Property Tax) Crime & Public Safety • HB 368 – sponsored by Rep. Mandi Ballinger (Georgia Bureau of Investigation would be primary law enforcement agency for investigating certain deaths) • SB 115 – sponsored by Sen. Robertson – (speed enforcement in school zones ‐failed on Senate floor) • SB 133/HB 233 – (Ban No‐knock Warrants) 7 2021 Legislative Session: Study Committees • HR 222 – sponsored by Rep. Victor Anderson (House Study Committee on Annexations) • SR 84 – sponsored by Sen. Tyler Harper (Joint Study Committee on Airport Infrastructure & Improvements) 8 2021 Legislative Session Q & A 9.