It’s crossover day!

Happy crossover day, everyone.

Today, lawmakers, lobbyists, staff, journalists and various other makers of legislative sausage will enjoy what is typically the second-longest day of the legislation session. It’s Day 30 — the day where legislation goes to live or die for the year.

Any bill that does not make it from one chamber to the other today cannot become law this year. So, while the General Assembly has met rather leisurely for 29 days, they will pack it all in today. Here’s what to expect and what hangs in the balance.

The House will consider at least 51 bills and resolutions and will likely add more as the day goes on. For perspective, 130 bills have been approved by a House committee but have not passed the House — meaning nearly 80 have little shot. The Senate has 30 bills on its calendar.

The numbers get bigger when the focus gets wider: More than 725 bills and 600 resolutions have been introduced in the House this year; more than 250 bills and 570 resolutions in the Senate.

Big bills that could dominate the day:

SB 169: Would define living human embryos as people with rights. Would prohibit the destruction of human embryos for any reason, including scientific research. Opponents say it would restrict stem cell research in Georgia  and  hamper  the operation of clinics that offer in-vitro fertilization.

HB 243: Teachers with national board certification would continue to get a 10 percent salary bonus and teachers who are in the process of earning certification  would  also get the supplement. Gov. Perdue proposed eliminating this bonus.

HB 480 would eliminate the so-called birthday tax on cars. The bill would eliminate the annual property tax on automobiles. Instead, car owners would, when they title the car, pay the lesser of $2,000 or 7 percent of the car’s value.

HB 481 and 482: This is a package deal and represents House GOP leadership’s priority: tax breaks for businesses to hire the unemployed and give companies another reason to move to Georgia.

SB 161 would require insurance companies to cover autism disorders. 

SR 422: The resolution asks the Georgia Lottery board for new ways to spur lottery sales for popular scholarships, because sales have reached their “apex.”