HR 191: House Study Committee on the Use of Local Fees to Support Affordable Housing; create

This resolution does not change any law by itself. Instead it creates the House Study Committee on the Use of Local Fees to Support Affordable Housing, made up of five House members chosen by the Speaker of the House. The committee's job is to study how local fees might be used or changed to support affordable housing efforts in Georgia and to recommend any legislation it thinks is needed. The committee can meet up to five times, though the chairperson can call more meetings if needed. Members get standard legislative travel and expense allowances (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8), paid from funds already appropriated to the House. If the committee approves findings or recommendations, the chairperson must file a report with the Clerk of the House before the committee is abolished on December 1, 2025.

• Creates a five-member House study committee on using local fees to support affordable housing, with members appointed by the Speaker of the House.
• Directs the committee to study local fee policy related to affordable housing and recommend any legislation it finds appropriate.
• Limits the committee to five meetings unless the chairperson decides more are necessary.
• Provides legislative allowances under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8 for committee members, capped at five paid days unless more are authorized, funded from the House's existing budget.
• Requires the committee to file a report with the Clerk of the House if it approves findings, and sets December 1, 2025 as the date the committee is abolished.

The five House members who would be appointed to the committee, the Speaker of the House who appoints them, and indirectly local governments and Georgians seeking affordable housing, since the committee's recommendations could later shape legislation affecting local housing fees.

The resolution itself changes no laws and imposes no new fees; it only sets up a temporary group to study the issue. Any real impact on local housing fees or affordable housing programs would depend on legislation the committee might recommend after its study ends in December 2025.

• Paragraph (1) creates the House Study Committee on the Use of Local Fees to Support Affordable Housing.
• Paragraph (2) sets the committee at five House members appointed by the Speaker, who also names the chairperson.
• Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying local fee issues tied to affordable housing and recommending action or legislation.
• Paragraph (4) caps meetings at five unless the chairperson authorizes more.
• Paragraph (5) sets member allowances under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8, capped at five paid days, funded from House appropriations.
• Paragraph (6) lays out reporting rules, requiring majority committee approval before any report is filed with the Clerk of the House.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2025.

1. 2025-02-11House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-02-10House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-06House Hopper (House)

• Phil Olaleye (D, HD-059)Primary sponsor
• Spencer Frye (D, HD-122)
• Marcus Wiedower (R, HD-121)
• Brian Prince (D, HD-132)
• Dale Washburn (R, HD-144)

• affordable housing
• local government fees
• housing policy
• legislative study committee