Time Is Running Out For Some Big Bills In The State Legislature
Crossover Day is fast approaching for this year’s session of the Georgia General Assembly.
That is the day when a bill must win passage from one of the legislative chambers or lose any chance of becoming law this year. Some of the bills that could have wide-ranging effects are running out of time.Broadcast Version
The House of Representatives passed a vote last week requiring drivers for app-based car services, such as Uber and Lyft, to carry insurance between the time they turn on their apps to the time they drop off passengers. However, neither chamber has passed a measure yet that would require the drivers to collect and pay sales tax or follow many of the other restrictions taxi drivers face.
Also still waiting on passage is the Beer Jobs Bill, SB 63. The latest version in the Senate increases the amount of beer brewers can give away during tours of their facilities, but it scraps the provision that would have allowed breweries to sell direct to customers.
Cityhood bills for Tucker, LaVista Hills and South Fulton will likely get full House votes before the deadline. But three other efforts to incorporate ─ Greenhaven and Stonecrest in DeKalb County and Sharon Springs in Forsyth County ─ have yet to make it out of committee.
Under the current legislative calendar March 13 is Crossover Day, but lawmakers will be officially in session only three days this week.
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