Public Safety

GA - Senator John Albers (R)

Title:

Chairman

GA - Senator Tyler Harper (R)

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Vice Chairman

GA - Senator Mike Dugan (R)

Title:

Secretary

GA - Senator Ben Watson (R)

Title:

Ex-officio

GA - Senator Hunter Hill (R)

Title:

Ex-officio - (until 09/06/2017)

GA - Senator Lee Anderson (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Tonya Anderson (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Harold V. Jones II (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Kay Kirkpatrick (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Chuck Payne (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Valencia Seay (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Michael Williams (R)

Title:

Member

GA - SB18 Georgia Public Safety Training Center; any member of security police force; retain his/her weapon and badge under certain conditions

GA - SB42 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; engagement of vehicular pursuits; state, county, and local; provide a standard

GA - SB43 Rules of the Road; operating a vehicle without adequately securing load; revise the criminal penalty

GA - SB49 Carrying and Possession of Firearms; definition of a term; change provisions

GA - SB90 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; peace officers be equipped with audio and video recording device while on duty; require

GA - SB91 Transfers or Purchases of Firearms Subject to NICS; require judicial review; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center

GA - SB84 Disposition of Property Seized; destroy or sell certain firearms; provide law enforcement agencies the option

GA - SB99 Georgia Crime Information Center; purging a person's hospitalization information for purpose of National Instant Criminal Background Check; provide for a judicial procedure

GA - SB237 Handicapped Persons; motorized wheelchairs and scooters sold in this state shall be equipped with reflectors; provide

GA - HB38 Motor vehicles; issuance of a noncommercial Class C and Class M driver's license; provide

GA - SB109 "Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact" ("REPLICA"); provide for the enactment

GA - SB254 Sheriffs; minimum annual salary for each deputy appointed by each sheriff; provide; Local Law Enforcement Officer Compensation Commission; create

GA - HB58 Motor vehicles; reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles and carriers; update

GA - SR182 Law Enforcement Agencies; citizen's bill of rights for police accountability; encouraged to recognize

GA - HB487 Disaster Volunteer Relief Act; granted leave from work with pay in order to participate in specialized disaster relief services; authorize certain employees of state agencies

GA - SB154 Assault and Battery; public safety officer while engaged in his or her official duties; provide for the offenses of aggravated assault and aggravated battery

GA - SB155 Local Law Enforcement Officer Compensation Commission; create

GA - SB160 "Back the Badge Act of 2017"

GA - SB163 Carrying and Possession of Firearms; reporting of weapons carry license and renewal license information to the Georgia Crime Information Center; require

GA - SB161 Drivers' Licenses; form of all drivers' licenses and identification cards issued to applicants who are US citizens; require horizontal orientations

GA - SB171 "The Jackson Act"; exploding targets are fireworks that are subject to permitting, contraband and penalty provisions; clarify

GA - SB169 Specialty License Plate; honoring law enforcement; establish

GA - SB217 Municipal Probation Officer; exercise of power of arrest and a Georgia Peace Officer Standards Training Council certification; revise the authority

GA - SB366 Local Government; counties and municipal corporations to perform wage and compensation studies for employees of sheriff's office; require

GA - HB136 Drivers' licenses; demarcation of a valid driver's license, permit, or identification card; provide

GA - HB405 Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; establish state-wide system to facilitate the transport and distribution of essentials in commerce during a state of emergency; require

GA - HB234 Motor vehicles; drivers stop at crosswalks with user activated rectangular rapid-flash beacons; require

GA - HB258 Crimes and offenses; sentencing for persons who knowingly commit aggravated assault upon a peace officer; provisions

GA - HB251 Emergency management; personnel go on private property as necessary to perform duties during a state of emergency; authorize

GA - HB320 Motor vehicles; installation or reinstallation of object in lieu of air bag; change provisions

GA - HB474 Driver Services, Department of; drivers' manual include best practices during traffic stop by law enforcement; require

GA - HB452 Georgia Bureau of Investigation; publicly post certain information to extent permitted by federal law; require

GA - HB412 Motor vehicles; certain documents relating to registration and certificate of title of certain vehicles; provide for electronic submission

GA - HB116 Juvenile Code; provide superior court with exclusive original jurisdiction for cases involving aggravated assault; provisions

GA - HB721 Motor vehicles; criteria by which the Department of Driver Services shall authorize licensed driver training schools to administer on-the-road driving skills testing; revise

GA - SB343 Peace Officers; issuance and renewal of drug recognition expert certifications by Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; prohibit

GA - SB348 Technical College System of Georgia; powers of arrest of campus policemen who are regular employees; revise

GA - SB408 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; mental or behavioral health professional present at interview of individual with autism; require

GA - HB751 Georgia Emergency Communications Authority Act; enact

GA - SB406 "Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program" enact; public safety; promote

GA - HB940 Driver Services, Department of; mark and return surrendered licenses and personal identification cards; allow

GA - HB856 Board of Public Safety; add commissioner of community supervision

GA - HB779 Emergency management; homeland security division; provisions

GA - HB992 Health; use of automated external defibrillators; eliminate certain requirements

GA - SR1056 Senate Study Committee on Adult Changing Stations in Commercial Public Facilities; create

GA - SB417 Drivers' Licenses; persons who may obtain certain licenses, permits, or cards; clarify and provide

GA - HB419 Fireworks; certain counties further regulate use or ignition; enable authority

GA - SB228 Motor Vehicles; criminal offense and minimum fines for improper operation of an authorized emergency or law enforcement vehicle; provide

GA - SB353 Boilers and Pressure Vessels; violations concerning the regulation; civil enforcement and penalty authority in the Safety Fire Commissioner; establish

GA - SB488 Regulation of Fire and other Hazards; seal and Georgia registration number; registered interior designers on certain plans/specifications; provide

GA - SB342 Licensing of Motor Vehicles; owner with valid license plate without the required revalidation decal to retain custody of vehicle under certain conditions; permit

GA - HB978 Motor vehicles; automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; provisions

GA - SB315 Computer Crimes; create a new crime of unauthorized computer access; penalties; provide

GA - SB319 "Consolidation of Fire Safety Services in Georgia Act"; enact; Department of Fire Safety; establish

GA - SB446 Abandoned Motor Vehicles; motor vehicle or trailer becomes an abandoned motor vehicle; revise the times

GA - SB470 Commissioner of Public Safety; assign at least one member of the Georgia State Patrol for each public school in this state; require

GA - SR914 Senate Emergency Pursuits By Law Enforcement Officers Study Committee; create

GA - SB322 Personal Assistive Mobility Devices; nonelectric personal assistive mobility devices when operated on highways and sidewalks; require certain reflectors

GA - HB826 Law enforcement; alarm monitoring company may contract out certain requirement; provide

GA - HB253 Special license plates; dog and cat reproductive sterilization support program; increase the proportion of moneys derived from the sale

GA - SB435 School Buses; civil monetary penalties regarding violations of the duties of a driver; enforcement; revise

GA - HB79 Law enforcement; retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems beyond certain periods; prohibit

GA - SB367 Payment of Indemnification for Death or Disability; option of payment to an estate in the case of death; law enforcement officer; firefighter; emergency medical technician, emergency management specialist, state highway employee or prison guard; provide

GA - HB699 Firefighter certification; military firefighter training may be accepted as required basic training; provide

GA - HB703 Governor's Office of Public Safety Support; create

GA - HB761 Motor vehicles; filing of certificates of title by dealers; provide

GA - HB714 Motor vehicles; reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update

GA - HB867 Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; revise quorum for transaction of business; provisions

GA - SB369 Revenues Collected from Fines and Fees; payments to Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; fees collected in criminal and quasi-criminal cases prior to adjudication of guilt; provide

GA - HB815 Special license plates; Georgia Masonic Charities; establish

GA - HB809 Motor vehicles; Georgia State Patrol motor vehicles for traffic law enforcement may be a solid color; provide

GA - HB149 Law enforcement; comprehensive regulation of trauma scene cleanup services; provisions

GA - HB898 Motor vehicles; fleet vehicles and fleet vehicle registration plans; revise provisions

GA - HB671 Special license plates; Georgia Beekeepers Association; establish

GA - SB409 Railroad Crossings; persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment; require

GA - SB327 Death Investigations; medical examiner's inquiry is required to be conducted; clarify

GA - SB323 Disposition of Property Seized; provide law enforcement agencies the option to destroy or sell certain firearms; procedures; revise

GA - SB341 Ignition Interlock Devices; use of cameras; provide

GA - SB368 Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; functions and authority; add