The Georgia General Assembly convened this week for legislative days 9 through 11. Legislators will return to the Capitol next week for Legislative Days 12 through 15. This was a busy week at the Capitol for Gwinnett as legislators debated and voted on a couple Gwinnett-related bills: specifically, SB 369 and HB 873. On Wednesday, the Senate voted along party lines to pass SB 369, Board of Education of Gwinnett County; future elections for members of the board of education shall be nonpartisan; provide. On Thursday, the House voted along party lines to pass by substitute HB 873, introduced by Chairman Bonnie Rich. Here is a preview of the new commissioner maps should this bill be signed. Please note that the chamber is only tracking these bills related to Gwinnett. We have not taken a position.
This Wednesday, the Gwinnett Chamber held our first Gwinnett Day at the Capitol event in over eight years. We look forward to building on our visit in 2023.
Bill Tracking (*indicates newly added to list)
HB 389 Employment security; change definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages
Status: 2/1/2022 – Withdrawn from General Calendar and recommitted to House Industry and Labor Committee
HB 587 Georgia Economic Recovery Act of 2021; enact
Status: 1/10/2022 – Recommitted in Senate
HB 835 Ad valorem tax; contracts between a county and a municipality for the tax commissioners to prepare the municipal tax digests and collect municipal taxes are not subject to approval of the tax commissioner; provide
Status: 1/10/2022 – House Second Readers
HB 865 Labor and industrial relations; professional employer organizations; provisions
Status: 1/14/2022 – House Second Readers
HB 866 Labor and industrial relations; employers to provide workers’ compensation to certain persons; require
Status: 1/14/2022 – House Second Readers
*HB 873 Gwinnett County; Board of Commissioners; revise district boundaries
Status: 2/3/2022 – House Passed, adopted, and immediately transmitted to Senate
HB 884 Professions and businesses; expedited licenses for military spouses; provisions
Status: 1/14/2022 – House Second Readers
HB 920 Income tax; revise tax credit for certain investments to be limited to investments in entrepreneurship programs, centers, and initiatives
Status: 1/25/2022 – House Second Readers
HB 926 Labor and industrial relations; employers to provide certain documentation when compensating employees; require
Status: 1/25/2022 – House Second Readers
HB 934 Sales and use tax; special district mass transportation
Status: 1/25/2022 – House Second Readers
HB 961 Torts; authorize apportionment of damages in single-defendant lawsuits; provide for evidence of fault of nonparties
Status: 1/26/2022 – House Judiciary Committee favorably reported
*HB 1013 Mental Health Parity Act; enact
Status: 2/1/2022 – House Second Readers
*HB 1044 Local government; creation of regional development authorities; provide
Status: 2/2/2022 – House Economic Development & Tourism Committee favorably reported
*HB 1058 Income tax; affiliated corporations file separate or consolidated returns; provisions
Status: 2/1/2022 – House Second Readers
HR 579 Georgia Commission on Sustainability and Economic Opportunity; create
Status: 2/3/2022 – Withdrawn from General Calendar and recommitted to House Small Business Development Committee
*HR 627 House Study Committee on Bureaucratic Hindrances to Businesses; create
Status: 2/1/2022 – House Second Readers
*SB 257 Georgia Crime Information Center; criminal history record restrictions for certain persons cited with or convicted of certain criminal offenses; provide
Status: 2/3/2022 – Senate Read Second Time
SB 329 Joint Tort-Feasors; apportionment of awards of damages among one or more persons in certain actions; provide
Status: 1/12/2022 – Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 331 “Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act”; enact
Status: 1/12/2022 – Referred to Senate Insurance and Labor Committee
SB 350 Elections; local legislation for nonpartisan elections for any county offices; authorize the General Assembly
Status: 1/25/2022 – Referred to Senate Ethics Committee
SB 369 Board of Education of Gwinnett County; future elections for members of the board of education shall be nonpartisan; provide
Status: 1/27/2022 – Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee favorably reported
SB 379 State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish a program to promote the creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in the state; provide
Status: 2/3/2022 – Senate Passed and Adopted
*SB 394 “Georgia Computer Data Privacy Act”; enact
Status: 1/27/2022 – Senate read and referred to Senate Science and Technology Committee