HR 1583: House Study Committee on Small Business Technology Adoption; create

This resolution creates the House Study Committee on Small Business Technology Adoption, a temporary panel of five House members appointed by the Speaker. The committee would be chaired by the head of the House Committee on Small Business Development, with two members from the majority party and two from the minority party. The committee's job is to study how Georgia's universities, technical colleges, K-12 systems, licensing agencies, and economic development agencies could help small businesses adopt tools like enterprise software, artificial intelligence, and electronic invoicing, and to review whether state tax law should change to encourage those investments. Members can receive standard legislative allowances for up to five meeting days unless more are approved. If the committee approves findings or recommendations by majority vote, the chairperson must file a report with the Clerk of the House. The committee is abolished on December 1, 2026.

• Creates a temporary House study committee focused on how small businesses can adopt technologies like AI, enterprise software, and e-invoicing.
• Sets the committee's makeup at five House members: the chairperson of the House Committee on Small Business Development plus two majority party and two minority party members.
• Directs the committee to study relevant policy issues and recommend legislation or other action it finds necessary.
• Authorizes standard legislative per diem allowances for committee members for up to five meeting days, funded through the House of Representatives' budget.
• Requires any approved findings or recommendations to be filed as a report with the Clerk of the House before the committee dissolves.
• Automatically abolishes the committee on December 1, 2026.

Members of the Georgia House of Representatives appointed to the committee, small businesses across Georgia, and state entities such as the university system, technical colleges, K-12 schools, professional licensing boards, and economic development agencies that could be asked to help businesses adopt new technology.

The resolution does not change any law itself, but it sets up a formal process for lawmakers to gather information and propose future legislation on helping small businesses use new technology and potentially adjusting tax rules around those investments.

• Paragraph (1) creates the House Study Committee on Small Business Technology Adoption.
• Paragraph (2) sets committee membership at five House members appointed by the Speaker, chaired by the head of the House Committee on Small Business Development.
• Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying small business technology adoption issues and recommending action or legislation.
• Paragraph (5) limits paid allowances to five meeting days unless additional days are authorized, funded from the House's existing appropriations.
• Paragraph (6) requires a majority vote of a quorum to approve any report, which must be filed with the Clerk of the House before abolishment.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2026.

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• Joseph Gullett (R, HD-019)Primary sponsor
• Mike Cheokas (R, HD-151)
• Todd Jones (R, HD-025)

• small business policy
• technology adoption
• legislative study committee
• Georgia tax policy