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Votes at a glance: Georgia House passes annual code-revision bill, Atlanta land conveyance and transmits tort reform to Senate
Summary
On March 20 the House approved the annual code-revision bill (Senate Bill 153) and a land-conveyance bill for Atlanta public schools (Senate Bill 252) by unanimous or near-unanimous votes; it also transmitted Senate Bill 68 after passage. Several procedural committee referrals were ordered on the floor.
ATLANTA — The Georgia House completed several floor votes on March 20, approving two bills with little debate and recording formal committee referrals and procedural motions.
Senate Bill 153 (Code Revision) The chamber approved Senate Bill 153, the annual code-revision package that corrects errors and reenacts portions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. The bill passed unanimously on a roll call (yeas 169, nays 0) after the committee substitute was adopted.
Senate Bill 252 (Municipal conveyance to independent school systems) Representative Betsy Holland presented Senate Bill 252, a land-conveyance measure that permits the city of Atlanta to transfer property interests to Atlanta Public Schools in no-loss land swaps. The House adopted the committee substitute and passed the bill by voice or roll call; the clerk recorded yeas 169, nays 0.
Other formal actions and committee referrals - The House recommitted Senate Bill 140 to the Health Committee (motion carried on the floor). SB 140 concerns optometrists dispensing pharmaceutical agents. - House Bill 792 was reassigned from Intergovernmental Coordination to the Judiciary Committee after a motion on the floor. HB 792 would increase magistrate-court claim limits from $15,000 to $30,000 in specified jurisdictions.
All recorded votes on SB 153 and SB 252 were unanimous in the House. Senate Bill 68, the comprehensive tort-reform package, received a separate, contested roll-call vote (91-82) and a subsequent floor motion to transmit the bill to the Senate passed 94-77; that measure is covered in a separate article.
