SB 164

limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit.

revise a provision related to theft by a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier.

add licensed and registered child care programs to the definition of community safety zone.

protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

establish procedures for anti-SLAPP actions to protect the exercise of a person's constitutional rights, including freedom of speech.

increase penalties for the operation of drones over certain facilities and to provide for mitigation techniques and countermeasures.

establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations.

ensure the validity of non-compete agreements in the context of jointly owned business entities.

modify requirements regarding nondomiciled commercial driver licenses.

recognizing ten years of the Wall Economic Development Corporation.

restrict contracts and declarations that prohibit the use of commercial or residential property for any healthcare service in medically underserved areas or communities, or in areas with a medically underserved population under federal law.

allow a business owner who is a veteran to display military specialty plates on a noncommercial vehicle registered to the veteran's business and to limit personal liability to the business owner and veteran.

License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish

An Act relating to the business of money transmission; relating to licenses for money transmission, licensure requirements, and registration through a nationwide multistate licensing system; relating to the use of virtual currency for money transmission; relating to authorized delegates of a licensee; relating to acquisition of control of a license; relating to record retention and reporting requirements; authorizing the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to cooperate with other states in the regulation of money transmission; relating to permissible investments; relating to violations and enforcement of money transmission laws; relating to exemptions to money transmission licensure requirements; relating to payroll processing services; relating to currency exchange licenses; relating to abandoned virtual currency; amending Rules 79 and 82, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date.

Financial institutions: mortgage brokers and lenders; consolidation of certain licensing statutes related to residential mortgages; make conforming changes in 1995 PA 280

State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy

Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish

License Plates; specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; establish