Topics discussed included - not all of these passed into law.
- Amended Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
- 2024 Budget
- Representation of minority business enterprise, women and veteran owned businesses in procurement of state contracts
- Truck Weights
- Local Government Public Works Law
- Creation of Commercial Property Assessed Conservation, Energy, and Resiliency Development Authorities
- Education; energy and cost savings measures; revise definition
- Extend Sunset on Sales Tax for Construction Projects of Regional Significance
- Contracts; Eligibility for Licensure Without Examination; Change Certain Provisions
- Metals Theft
- Education; eligible students participating in the Dual Enrollment program to access HOPE career grant funds for certain CTAE courses; allow
- Time off for employees to vote
- Preclearance of licensing for nonviolent offenses
- Construction Provider Lien Rights on Georgia Development Authority Projects
- Georgia Landowners Protection Act
Topics discussed included - not all of these passed into law.
- Local Government Regulatory Fees
- Call Before You Dig
- Independent Contractors
- Professional Employer Organizations
- Exempt Certain Contracts Procured by the State or Cooperative Purchasing Organizations
- Historic Preservation Tax Credits
- Expedited Licenses for Military Spouses
- Comparative Fault
- Injunctive Relief Against Employers Not Complying with Tax Withholding Requirements
- Sales & Use Tax
- Extends sales tax exemptions for the sale or lease of computer equipment to be incorporated into facilities of high-technology companies
- Revisions to Georgia's Income Tax Rates
- Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act
- Apprenticeship Legislation
- Public Works Retainage
- Metals Theft
Topics discussed included - not all of these passed into law.
- One year extension of immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-10
- Local Government Regulatory Fees
- Call Before You Dig Law
- Independent Contractors/1099
- Professional Employer Organizations
- Exempt Certain Contracts Procured by the State or Cooperative Purchasing Organizations
- Tax credit review legislation
- Private Plan Review & Inspections
- Lien Law Clarification Bill
- Virtual shareholders meetings
- Electronic Signature on Surety
- Energy Savings Contracts
Topics discussed included - not all of these passed into law.
- Georgia Lien Law
- Fire Marshal Elevator Inspections/Private Plan Review & Inspections for all Construction Projects
- Construction Workforce Development Funding in the 2020 State Appropriations Budget
- Creating a new PE SE License for Structural Engineers in Georgia
- Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act
- Nonprofit Corporations; Directors and officers of electric membership corporations
- Clarify actions that may be brought pursuant to Code Section 9-3-51 regarding deficiencies in connection with improvements to realty
- Georgia Major Airport Authority Act
- Georgia Municipal and Local Government Infrastructure Finance Authority Act
- New requirements under the "Georgia Civil Practice Act" for settlement offers and arrangements
- Lawsuit reform
- Dedication to revenues derived from fees or taxes
- Sovereign immunity
- Hate crimes
- Dual enrollment
- Mass timber
- Home delivery of alcohol
- Military spouse licensure
- State board of workers' compensation
- Occupational tax
Topics discussed included - not all of these passed into law.
- Private Plan Review and Inspections
- Georgia DOA Procurement Registry
- Construction Workforce Development Funding in the 2020 State Appropriations Budget
- Georgia Business Court
- Disclosure requirements for those with arrangements to prepare or develop requirements for bids
- Worker's compensation; certain provisions; change
- Certificate of Need
- Georgia's Hope Act
- State Government - Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity
- Truth in Budgeting
- Georgia Major Airport Authority Act
- Changes to the statute of limitations regarding the burial of construction waste
- Proposed tax on sale or use of building and construction materials
- Building design elements in on- or two family dwellings
Topics discussed included - not all of these passed into law.
- Creating Opportunities Needed Now to Expand Credentialed Training(CONNECT Act)
- Public works projects must be advertised on Georgia's Procurement Registry
- Public works: Contractors cannot be disqualified simply because they lack previous experience with the construction delivery method
- Prevents local government from restricting use of wood products recognized by building and fire code
- Hands Free Communication in Vehicle
- Constitutional Amendment to create business court with statewide jurisdiction
- Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) as the new governing entity for all transit
- Senate Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport Operations and Authority Creation Study Committee
- Licensing Board Study Committee
- State Board of Workers Compensation
- Disclosure requirements for local government consultants
- Fairness, Accountability, Simplification, and Transparency (FAST) Act
- Local Government Occupational Tax
- House Study Committee on Equitable Taxation under Business and Occupation Tax
- Changes the statute of limitations regarding the burial of construction waste
- ESPLOST Allows Funds to be used for M&O
- ESPLOST Constitutional Amendment
- Constitutional Amendment that provides for dedication of revenues derived from fees or other taxes to the public purpose for which such fees or other taxes were imposed
- Governor Deal’s Proposal to Move CTAE to TCSG
- Consolidation of Fire Safety Services in Georgia Act
- Georgia Major Airport Operations and Management Act
- Corporate Directors
- Spaceport in Camden County
- Sanctuary Campuses
- Tax Credits for Rural Downtown Development
- Allows Multiyear Registration for Corporations
- Insurance for City & County Firefighters
- On-Call Scheduling
- Sales & Use Tax Machinery Used to Mix or Transport Concrete is Exempt
- Georgia Campus Carry
- Failing Schools
- Low THC Oils (Medical Marijuana)
- HOPE Scholarship for Dual Enrollment
- Family Medical Leave
- Hearing Aids for Children
- Encouraged employers to provide work-based learning for students age 16 or older
- Blasting and excavating near utility facilities
- Architect/Engineer indemnification
- License boards
- Revisions to Georgia's garnishment laws
- Prohibit the State from entering into contracts unless such contract contains certification that the bidder/proposer does not presently conduct a boycott of Israel
- Workers' compensation exclusive remedy defense applies to all claims
- Transportation funding for roads
- Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure (P3)
- Atlanta Belt Line Urban Redevelopment
- Dual enrollment for high school students in post-secondary institutions
- Building Officials Association of Georgia Certification
- Metal theft
- Payroll card program
- Coastal Marshland Buffers
- Changes to guidelines for state and local fire marshals, inspectors, code officials
- Clarifications to the Georgia Utility Facility Protection Act (GUFPA) in regard to definitions of excavation, farming activities, milling and white lining
- Regulatory process for investing in wireless infrastructure
- Technical college student HOPE Grant eligibility
- Funding for planning and revitalization of downtown areas
- Limiting liability for purchasers of brownfields
- Establishing watershed protection standards
- Enhanced regulations for fire protection sprinkler and subcontractors
- Wood framing guidelines for public school construction
- Tax exemption for private interest on BOR property
- Georgia Lien Law
- Revisions to Public Works Law
- Clarifications on Workers' Compensation Guidelines
- Licensing for Returning Veterans
- Illegal Immigration Reform Enhancement
- Ethics Legislation
- State Labor Reforms
- Sales & Use Tax Withholding Requirements on Non-Resident Subcontractors
- Reciprocal Preference Legislation
- Comprehensive Tax Reform
- Metals Theft
- State Contract Awards for Heavy Equipment
- DOL - State Fire Marshal's Office Reorganization on Elevators, Escalators and Boilers
- Unemployment Benefits
- Helping Contractors Comply with New State Ethics Guidelines
- Utilities Participating in PACs
- Immigration Reform
- Water Infrastructure Expansion, partnering with private sector
- Lead Pain Renovations
- Insurance Certificates
- The Georgia Water Stewardship Act
- Amended FY 2010 Budget and Fiscal Year 2011 Budget
- Transportation - creating ability to hold T-SPLOST vote in regions across Georgia
- Ethics Reform - Georgia Transparency and Campaign Finance Act of 2010
- State Preferences to Georgia Businesses
- Prohibits code requirements for fire sprinklers in homes
- Employers buying into Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool
- Contractors Eligibility for Licensure
- Utility Contractor License Law
- Lien Law
- Revisions to Georgia's Security/Immigration Compliance Act
- Illegal Immigrants/Local Government Grants and Benefits
- Advertising Transit Agencies; Asbestos Pipe Removal
- Local Governments; Homeowner tax relief grants
- Ad Volorem tax; change in definitions
- Income tax credit; purchase of one single-family residence
- Voluntary Environmental Remediation
- Motor Vehicles; place of return for tax purposes/tax exemption for heavy equipment
- Workers' Compensation Advisory Board Legislation
- Georgia Geographic Preference
- Metals Theft Legislation
- Mandated Stream Buffers not Application to Wet-Weather Ditches
- Water
- Transportation Funding
- Tax Reform
- Lien Law
- Contractor Licensing
- Tax Allocation District
- Large Forest Conservation Use Act of 2008
- Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Construction Act of 2008
- General Contractor Licensure Revisions
- Public Works Law Revisions
- NPDES Certification
- Construction Contracts/Indemnification
- Increased Penalty for Metal Thefts
- Infrastructure Development Districts
- Career Academies
- DOT State Contractors
- Subsequent Injury Trust Fun Modifications
- Utilities Relocation/Contractor delay Damages
- Highway Construction Contract Thresholds
- Private Architect/Engineer construction plan review
- Lien Law Revisions
- Contractor Sales & Use Tax Withholding Requirements
- Immigration Reform
- General Contractor Licensing
- Public/private initiatives (DOT Bond Requirements)
- Imminent Domain
- Revisions to the Right to Cure Law