Georgia CommonsHouse · Introduced · 2025-2026 Regular Session
HR 1583: House Study Committee on Small Business Technology Adoption; create
Last action March 18, 2026 · House Committee Favorably Reported
A Georgia House resolution would create a five-member study committee to examine how state policy could help small businesses adopt technologies like artificial intelligence and e-invoicing.
The summaries below were written by an AI model (claude-sonnet-5) from the text of the resolution and are not part of it. Quote the text, not the summary. The stored text is the Introduced version, the latest the General Assembly's website lists.
In plain language
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.
What the bill does
- 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.
Who it affects
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.
Why it matters
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.
Key provisions
- 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.
From the bill
“small businesses in this state would benefit from adopting technologies such as enterprise software, artificial intelligence, electronic invoicing (e-invoicing), and other tools to lower costs and improve performance”
“The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2026.”
Discussed in meetings (5)
The House and Senate meetings that took this bill up, from their machine transcripts. Each account was written by Georgia Commons with AI and is not part of the record; the video is what was said.
House Special Rules Committee, March 16, 2026
From 0:22:26 · Watch on the General Assembly's Vimeo channel
Summary by Georgia Commons: The sponsor said HR 1583 would create a House study committee on helping small businesses adopt technology. Citing the Georgia Chamber, the sponsor said small businesses account for 99.7% of Georgia businesses, but cash-flow pressures and inflation can limit access to new technology. The sponsor also cited a U.S. Chamber of Commerce study finding that eight in ten small-business owners credited technology with helping them handle inflation and supply-chain disruptions. One committee member supported studying ways to help small businesses. A second member asked that cybersecurity awareness be included and said technology grants were available. The sponsor said the study’s scope was broad enough to cover cybersecurity and protection of digital and physical assets. The committee approved the resolution by voice vote and sent it to Rules.
House Rules Committee, March 19, 2026
From 0:35:29 · Watch on the General Assembly's Vimeo channel
Summary by Georgia Commons: The sponsor said the resolution would create a study committee to examine how Georgia could help small businesses adopt technology and innovation. The sponsor described the study as a way to develop recommendations based on data rather than rush legislation. There were no questions or calendar action.
Status timeline
- House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- House Second Readers (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- Joseph Gullett (R, HD-19)
- Mike Cheokas (R, HD-151)
- Todd Jones (R, HD-25)
Topics
- small business policy
- technology adoption
- legislative study committee
- Georgia tax policy