Georgia legislature 2020 bills. After a certain point set by rule the rules committee meets and prepares a rules calendar for the next days floor consideration from bills on general calendar. Hb 1090 25. The legislature adjourned on june 26 2020.
The georgia legislature has reached the end of a strange session which was suspended for three months because of the coronavirus. Use ajc tracker to follow georgia 2020 bills. A bill to be entitled an act to amend part 11 of article 17 of chapter 2 of title 20 of the official code of georgia annotated relating to complaints policy for teachers and other school personnel so as to provide that performance ratings contained.
Legislation which was second read the day before is placed on a calendar in numeric order for floor action prior to the the rules committee meeting to choose bills for consideration. The general assembly has operated continuously since 1777 when georgia became one of the thirteen original states and revoked its status as a colony of great britain. The general assembly meets yearly in a two year session.
Georgia legislature 2019 2020 regular session in recess browse legislation view trending dataset downloads active georgia bills introduced engrossed enrolled passed. To provide a sunset date. Since the general assembly is the legislative body for the state the location of its meetings has moved along with each move of the state capitol.
Local state and federal government websites often end in gov. Stance bill status summarytitle last action. A bill to be entitled an act to amend chapter 8 of title 36 of the official code of georgia annotated relating to county police so as to provide a method for the abolition of a county police department and returning the law enforcement functions of such department to the sheriff of the county.
A bill to be entitled an act to enact the georgia enhanced penalties for hate crimes act. To amend title 16 of the ocga relating to crimes and offenses so as to provide for sentencing of defendants who commit certain crimes which target a victim because of the victims race color religion gender disability sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin or. And for other.
Several state legislatures suspended their sessions or otherwise limited legislative activity in response to the coronavirus pandemicthe georgia state legislature suspended its session effective march 14 2020 through june 15 2020. This general assembly session will run for 40 legislative days in 2019 and 40 legislative days in 2020. Before sharing sensitive or personal information make sure youre on an official state website.
State of georgia government websites and email systems use georgiagov or gagov at the end of the address. The following bills have been introduced into the georgia general assembly.