--- title: Sen Floor Amend 18 to HB 127 collection: amendment id: amendment:2025-2026/hb127/239055 cite_as: HB 127, Sen Floor Amend 18 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb127/amendments/239055 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb127/amendments/239055.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb127/amendments/239055/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239055 date: 2026-09-25 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, from its website (legis.ga.gov) publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. version: Sen Floor Amend 18 version_id: amendment:2025-2026/hb127/239055@239055 --- # Sen Floor Amend 18 to HB 127 25 Senate Floor Amend 18 OUT OF ORDER Senator Rahman of the 5th offered the following amendment #18: Amend the Senate Committee on Education and Youth substitute to HB 127 (LC 61 0259S): by inserting after line 66 the following “g this section does not: (1) Prohibit the consideration by the state of bona fide qualifications based on sex that are reasonably necessary to the normal functions of state employment, public education, or state procurement; (2) Invalidate a court order or consent decree that is in force as of the effective date of this act; (3) Prohibit an action necessary to establish or maintain eligibility for a federal program if ineligibility would demonstrably result in a loss of federal funds to the state; (4) Affect any preference given to veterans in matters of state employment, public education, or state procurment; or (5) Preempt state discrimination law or federal discrimination law.