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PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESS Registration of Immigration Assistance: Enact the "Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act"; Provide that it shall be Unlawful to Traffic a Person for Labor or Sexual Servitude; Provide for Valid Identification Documen...

The Act requires the State and local governments to use the Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement (SAVE) program operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to verify the lawful presence of anyone 18 or older who applies for taxpayer-funded benefits. The Act requires the State and local

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MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC Operating While Under the Influence: Provide a Comprehensive Revision, Modernization, and Reform of the Laws of this State Relating to Operating Motor Vehicles While Under the Influence of Alcohol, Drugs, or Other Substances;...

The Bill proposed consolidation of existing DUI laws in Georgia and the addition of new sections to the Georgia Code that would address perceived ambiguities caused by recent Georgia court decisions. Specifically, the bill was intended to facilitate the collection of admissible evidence by law enforcement officers in DUI cases.

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DOMESTIC RELATIONS Emancipation of Minors: Establish the Conditions for Minors to Become Emancipated by Law; Provide That a Person be at least 18 years of age in order to contract for marriage except under limited Circumstances; Repeal an Exception to...

The Act serves two different seemingly independent purposes. First, the Act codifies Georgia's common law regarding the emancipation of minors. The Act creates nine new Code sections, which establish the conditions for minors to become emancipated, provides for court proceedings for emancipation, and address rescission of emancipation. The

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EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary Education: Amend the Compulsory School Attendance Law, so as to Clarify Certain Provisions Relating to Mandatory Education; Provide That an Unemancipated Minor Older Than the Age of Mandatory Attendance May Not Withd...

The purpose of the Act is to improve the high school graduation rate in Georgia and to strengthen parent participation in student education. The Act mandates school attendance for children between their sixth and sixteenth birthdays. The Act requires that an unemancipated minor older than the mandatory attendance age have

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Forgery and Fraudulent Practices: Enact the Georgia Child, Family, and School Communications Protection Act; Provide a Short Title; Provide for Definitions; Create a Service to Protect Child, Family, and School Communications; Prov...

The bill as passed by the Senate would create a registry of electronic contact points for children and prevent anyone wishing to send messages advertising content that is illegal for a minor to purchase, view, possess, participate in or receive from sending to a registered contact point. The system would

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Crimes Against the Person: Revise the Definition of Feticide; Prohibit the Voluntary Manslaughter of an Unborn Child; Prohibit Assaults and Batteries of Unborn Children Under Certain Circumstances; Provide for Punishment for Person...

The Act makes it a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature to commit an assault against a pregnant female. The Act provides a definition for the phrase 'unborn child': A member of the species homo sapiens at any state of development who is carried in the womb.

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions: Provide That Person Who Is Attacked Has No Duty to Retreat; Provide Immunity from Prosecution

The Act clarifies and amends the Georgia law regarding the justifiable use of deadly force and duty to retreat. Its purposes are to extend the protections of the castle doctrine beyond one's home, vehicle and business to anywhere one has the legal right to be; to codify explicitly

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