The Act provides for the review of tax credits and deductions while extending or creating various tax credits and deductions. First, the Act allows certain government officials to request a review of up to five tax credits or deductions per year to evaluate their economic efficiency. Second, the Act creates
The Act primarily provides for the creation of leadership committees that accept contributions and make expenditures for the purpose of affecting the outcome of elections or advocating for the election or defeat of candidates. The governor, lieutenant governor, or a political party’s nominee for those positions, and the Democratic
This Act primarily functions to revise elections and voting in three significant areas: voting access, ballot counting, and power and controls. With regard to voting access, the Act confines drop boxes to early voting sites, requires identification for absentee voting, changes the early voting hours, criminalizes the handing out of
The Act expands the eligibility requirements for the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program. The Act removes the requirement of having to reside in Georgia for one year before becoming eligible for the Scholarship. Further, the Act requires the Georgia Department of Education to conduct annual surveys of parents whose children
The Act includes various amendments to Georgia’s sexual assault protocol. First, the Act creates a statewide tracking system for sexual assault kits. The system will track the location and status of kits through the investigative process and allow sexual assault victims to track or receive updates. Second, the Act
The Act amends Georgia’s law relating to the general provisions regarding bond and recognizances by revising the list of bail restricted offenses through the addition of both misdemeanor and felony crimes. The Act authorizes appointed judges who are fulfilling a vacancy of an elected judge to issue certain bonds
The Act revises private arrest powers and repeals the Georgia Citizen’s Arrest Law in its entirety. The Act provides certain arresting powers for law enforcement officers when acting outside of their jurisdiction. In addition, the Act clarifies detention powers for shopkeepers of retail, food service establishments, and other business
The Act criminalizes the possession of stolen mail and the theft of mail or packages from the porch or entrance of a residential building. A violator may be subject to felony prosecution and imprisonment of one to five years.
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The Act expands the definition of “hazing” to include actions subjecting a student to physical endangerment as well as actions coercing the student to engage in behavior that would subject the student to a likely risk of vomiting, intoxication, or unconsciousness. Additionally, the Act imposes a mandatory reporting requirement on
The Act primarily functions to restrict the ability of county and municipal or consolidated government authorities to reduce funding for county and municipal police departments. In addition, the Act provides exceptions for police departments with less than twenty-five officers.
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The Act establishes a paid parental leave program for certain public employees of Georgia. Eligible employees include those who work for the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of the state government as well as those employed by local boards of education. The Act provides that such employees, both mothers and
The Act creates a new civil cause of action against human traffickers. It allows both victims and the Attorney General to sue traffickers and those benefitting financially from human trafficking for damages and reasonable attorney’s fees. The plaintiffs can file their lawsuit within ten years after the cause of
This Act amends the Pandemic Business Safety Act to extend its applicability for an additional year, expiring on July 14, 2022. The Pandemic Business Safety Act provides liability protection limitation to business against tort claims arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Act revises the Georgia Evidence Code to enhance the evidentiary standard for admitting expert testimony in criminal cases. Like in civil cases, expert testimony in criminal cases now must satisfy the Daubert standard for admission of scientific, technical, and other specialized evidence.
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The Act protects agricultural facilities, agricultural operations, and forest landowners from nuisance lawsuits after two years of operation. If a facility converts to a confined animal feeding operation, the two-year time period restarts.
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The Act prevents the creation of free speech zones at public institutions of higher education including Georgia universities, colleges, and technical colleges. Additionally, the Act allows universities to create reasonable, content- and viewpoint-neutral, and narrowly tailored time, place, and manner restrictions on any expressive activity on campus.
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