Status of key economic issues (updated at 10 pm):
Education:
- Increase in the cap on the tuition tax credit scholarship that was hit in a matter of hours on January 1 of this year: No action
- Education Savings Accounts, similar to those in Arizona and Florida, that allows parents to tailor education spending to meet the unique needs of their children: Passed committee, no vote in the House
- Creation of a Opportunity School District for failing schools: Passed
- Move on When Ready 2.0 allowing high school students to take college level classes while still enrolled in high school: Passed
- Address state charter and virtual school funding: No action
- Allow workplace charter schools: Passed committee, no vote in the House
- Allow charter school students access to extracurricular activities at their home school if not available at their charter school: Passed committee, no vote in the House
Health Care
- Market-oriented alternative to Medicaid Expansion: No bills introduced
- Medical malpractice reform: No action
- Tax credit for private donations to charity care clinics: No action, but the Senate included $1 million in the budget
Regulation
- Reform of professional licensing restrictions to improve economic opportunity for low- and middle-income Georgians: No bill introduced
- Allow direct sale of small quantities of beer by breweries and brew pubs: Watered down bill does not allow direct sales
- Ride sharing services: Bill supported by Uber and Lyft passed
- Unlimited direct sales of Tesla automobiles: Passed
Criminal Justice
- Civil Asset Forfeiture reform: Passed
Transportation
- Transportation Funding: Passed
- Fractional SPLOST: Passed
Fiscal
- Pension reform: Bill introduced creating hybrid pensions for all new teachers, similar to hybrid pension plan created for all state employees hired after 2009 (Note: Pension bills cannot be passed in the year they are introduced.)
- Allow local governments to participate in Public Private Partnerships: Passed
- Tax Reform: Several bills introduced, but no action
