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 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 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
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
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 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
The Act functions to prohibit discrimination by health care providers and insurers against potential organ transplant recipients due to physical or mental disabilities. Also known as Gracie’s Law, the Act provides a pathway through local courts to enforce compliance, and an affected individual may bring a civil action for
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
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 extends the annual revenue received by student scholarship organizations to include interest earned on deposits and investments of scholarship funds or tuition grants. The Act expands the scope of auditing that student scholarship organizations are subjected to and compels the organizations to submit Form 990 to the Department
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 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 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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The Act prohibits local school systems, charter schools, and their employees from teaching or advocating for divisive concepts as defined in the Act. Training programs for teacher certification by the Professional Standards Commission may not advocate for such divisive concepts. The Act also implements a complaint resolution policy for aggrieved
