Based on recommendations from the Georgia Commission on Freight and Logistics, House Bill 820 will establish the Georgia Freight Railroad Program within the Department of Transportation. The program’s main priority is to enhance state investment in freight rail projects. The program will do this by focusing on three subprograms:
- Rail preservation,
- Rail enhancement, and
- Rail industrial.
This program will ensure that these initiatives are carried out across Georgia in a balanced manner.
House Bill 819 allows for veterans’ licenses to be issued to Georgia residents who are veterans of the armed forces from allied countries of the United States.
HB 842, also known as “Gracie’s Law,” prohibits discrimination against disabled individuals in determining recipients of anatomic gifts or organ transplants.
HB 987 will bring safer, reformed, and enhanced care to our senior citizens living in Georgia licensed care homes and assisted living communities that have a minimum of 25 beds by requiring training, staffing ratios, minimum nursing standards, and important reporting requirements. The bill imposes a mandatory minimum fine of $5000 and increases the maximum daily fine from $1000 to $2000 with a cap of $40,000 for any violation causing serious physical injury or death of a resident.
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