This Week on the Floor:

Friday, Feb.4

 House Not in Session

 Thursday, Feb. 3

 HB 151 - Drivers' licenses; information available to insurers; extend pilot program; relating to keeping of records of applications for drivers´ licenses and information on licensees, so as to extend the pilot program to determine the revenue feasibility of supplying limited rating information to agents, insurers, and insurance support organizations.

- Yeas: 164 Nays: 0

 HB 199 - Elections Code; corrections ; relating to elections, so as to correct typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated and in previous Acts of the General Assembly.

- Yeas: 164 Nays: 0

Wednesday, Feb. 2

H.B. 95 – Code of Georgia; corrections - presented to the Rules Committee by Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs); this bill intends to correct any grammar or technical changes to the Georgia Code, and not to make any substantive changes of law to the Code

- Bill passed: 164 yeas: 0 nays

 H.R. 47 – A resolution to rename the Legislative Office Building, the Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building. This resolution was introduced and sponsored and presented by Majority Leader Rep. Jerry Keen (R-St. Simons).

- 4 amendments were offered. 1 amendment was withdrawn. 3 amendments failed

- Bill passed: 121 yeas: 47 nays

Tuesday, Feb. 1

No General Calendar votes were taken

Monday, Jan. 31

 H.B. 98 – “The Georgia Land Conservation Act”, unanimously passed the House with a vote 174:0. The bill, sponsored by Rich Golick (R-Smyrna), Governor Perdue’s Floor Leader, creates the Georgia Land Conservation Council, a Trust Fund, and a Revolving Fund to provide local cities, counties, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources grants and/or loans, if eligible, to purchase land for conservation purposes.

* The House was not in session on Friday, February 4, but will be back in session on Monday afternoon, February 7 at 1:00pm.

Next Week in the Rules Committee:

 The House Rules Committee did NOT MEET on Friday, February 4, 2005. The following is a schedule of Rules Committee meetings for the upcoming week.

Monday, Feb. 7 11:00 a.m. (This date only. Normal time is 10:00 a.m.)

Tuesday, Feb 8 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 9 9:00 a.m.

Thursday, Feb. 10 9:00 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 11 House not in Session

* Bills and Resolutions that are passed by the Rules Committee today will not be added to the House Calendar until the next legislative day.

Committee Meetings for Next Week