Georgia 2023-2024 Regular Session

Georgia House Bill HB30 Compare Versions

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1		-	24 HB 30/AP
2		-	House Bill 30 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
3		-	By: Representatives Carson of the 46
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5		-	, Efstration of the 104
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7		-	, Panitch of the 51
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9		-	, Evans of
10		-	the 57
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12		-	, Cooper of the 45
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14		-	, and others
	1	+	24 LC 49 1587S
	2	+	The Senate Committee on the Judiciary offered the following
	3	+	substitute to HB 30:
15	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
16	5		AN ACT
17		-	To amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
18		-	1
	6	+	To amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to1
19	7		general provisions relative to state government, so as to require certain agencies to consider2
20	8		the definition of antisemitism provided for in this Act in the enforcement of laws and3
21	9		regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin;4
22	10		to provide for limitations and construction; to provide for definitions; to provide for5
23	11		nonseverability; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal6
24	12		conflicting laws; and for other purposes.7
25	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:8
26	14		SECTION 1.9
27	15		Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general10
28	16		provisions relative to state government, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as11
29	17		follows:12
30		-	"50-1-12.
31		-	13
	18	+	"50-1-12.13
32	19		(a) As used in this Code section, the term:14
33		-	H. B. 30
34		-	- 1 - 24 HB 30/AP
	20	+	- 1 - 24 LC 49 1587S
35	21		(1) 'Agency' means any agency, authority, department, board, bureau, commission,15
36	22		council, corporation, entity, or instrumentality of state government and all local political16
37	23		subdivisions of this state.17
38	24		(2) 'Definition of antisemitism' has the same meaning as provided for in the working18
39	25		definition of antisemitism and the contemporary examples of antisemitism adopted by the19
40	26		International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on May 26, 2016, and20
41	27		incorporated by reference in Presidential Executive Order Number 13899, 84 F.R. 6877921
42	28		December 11, 2019.22
43	29		(b) An agency authorized or required to enforce any criminal or noncriminal law or23
44	30		regulation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or national24
45	31		origin shall consider the definition of antisemitism in the course of such enforcement.25
46	32		(c) In determining whether to seek the enhanced penalty or penalties authorized by Code26
47	33		Section 17-10-17, the state shall consider the definition of antisemitism for the purpose of27
48	34		determining whether such penalty enhancement is authorized.28
49	35		(d) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to diminish or infringe upon any right29
50	36		protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or the Georgia30
51	37		Constitution. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to diminish or infringe upon31
52	38		an individual's right to engage in legally protected conduct or expressive activity pertaining32
53	39		to any matter of United States foreign policy or international affairs. Nothing in this Code33
54	40		section shall be construed to conflict with local, federal, or state discrimination laws.34
55	41		(e) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to alter the evidentiary requirements35
56	42		pursuant to which an agency makes a determination that conduct, including harassment,36
57	43		amounts to actionable discrimination, or to diminish or infringe upon the rights protected37
58	44		under any other provision of law.38
59	45		(f) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the39
60	46		authority granted by law to an agency.40
61		-	H. B. 30
62		-	- 2 - 24 HB 30/AP
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63	48		(g) This Code section shall not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, or41
64	49		any cause of action, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against the state or any42
65	50		agency."43
66	51		SECTION 2.44
67	52		In the event any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase,45
68	53		or word of this Act is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining46
69	54		portions of this Act shall automatically be repealed upon the entry of such declaration or47
70	55		adjudication and shall not remain of full force and effect after such declaration or48
71	56		adjudication. The General Assembly declares that it would not have enacted the remaining49
72	57		parts of this Act if it had known that such portion of this Act would be declared or adjudged50
73	58		invalid or unconstitutional.51
74	59		SECTION 3.52
75	60		This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law53
76	61		without such approval.54
77	62		SECTION 4.55
78	63		All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.56
79		-	H. B. 30
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