Crossover Day at the Georgia Legislature: Which bills are still alive?

Georgia lawmakers faced their first serious deadline of the 2017 legislative session Friday.

The House and Senate convened for Crossover Day.

Channel 2's Richard Elliot was at the state capitol all day as lawmakers debated bills to the last minute.

What is Crossover Day?                              

The 28th day of the 40-day legislative session is the last day for bills to move from one chamber to the other — that is, to cross over — and still have a clear path to becoming law this year.

It is created by a Senate rule. While parliamentary maneuvering can keep a bill alive past Crossover Day, making it from one side of the Capitol to the other by the end of Friday makes final passage in 2017 much more likely.

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Which bills are still alive?  

The Campus Carry bill was on the agenda and passed the House Friday afternoon.

The bill would allow students over 21 who get a concealed carry permit to carry a weapon onto a college or university campus.

It still prohibits weapons in dorms rooms, student housing, fraternities and sororities and around some on-campus day care.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a similar bill last year.

A bill creating a new category of crime and punishment for "slider" carjackings plaguing metro Atlanta passed.

The House passed a bill that would require ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft to collect sales tax.

Also passing was a constitutional amendment to create a victims Bill of Rights and a bill mandating 30 minutes of recess for elementary school children.

Which bills are dead?

The Destination Resort/Casino Gambling bill will likely not survive this legislative session.

The bill seemed dead until late Thursday when a House committee decided it would hear it, but faith-based ground mobilized quickly to fight it and by morning the votes just weren’t there.

Speaker David Ralston said he believes the bill needs more time to smooth things out and it is probably dead for the year.

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