HR 815: House Study Committee on Exploring the Potential for Humanoids and Robotics in Georgia Workforce Development; create

This resolution does not change any law. Instead, it sets up a temporary House Study Committee on Exploring the Potential for Humanoids and Robotics in Georgia Workforce Development. The Speaker of the House would appoint five representatives to the committee and name one of them chairperson. The committee's job is to study issues around humanoids and robotics in the workforce and recommend any legislation it thinks is needed. It can hold meetings wherever and whenever it decides is useful, and members get standard legislative allowances (under O.C.G.A. Section 28-1-8) for up to five meeting days, paid from the House's existing budget. If the committee approves a report, the chairperson must file it with the Clerk of the House before the committee is abolished on December 1, 2025.

• Creates a five-member House Study Committee on Exploring the Potential for Humanoids and Robotics in Georgia Workforce Development, appointed by the Speaker of the House.
• Directs the committee to study issues around humanoid robots and robotics in the workforce and recommend any legislation it finds appropriate.
• Lets the chairperson call and schedule meetings anywhere needed to carry out the study.
• Pays legislative members standard per diem allowances under O.C.G.A. Section 28-1-8, capped at five days unless more are authorized, funded through the House's existing budget.
• Requires a filed report only if a majority of a quorum approves one before the committee ends, or allows filing meeting minutes instead.
• Abolishes the committee automatically on December 1, 2025.

The five House members appointed to the committee, the Speaker of the House who makes those appointments, and indirectly Georgia workers, employers, and workforce development programs whose future could be shaped by any legislation the committee eventually recommends.

The resolution itself makes no policy changes; it only sets up a temporary group to research the issue. Any real-world effect on workers or businesses depends on whether the committee produces recommendations and whether the General Assembly later acts on them.

• Paragraph (1) formally creates the study committee.
• Paragraph (2) sets the committee at five House members chosen by the Speaker, who also names the chairperson.
• Paragraph (3) gives the committee authority to study the topic and recommend legislation it deems necessary.
• Paragraph (4) lets the chairperson set meeting times and locations as needed.
• Paragraph (5) sets member allowances under O.C.G.A. Section 28-1-8, capped at five days absent added authorization, funded from House appropriations.
• Paragraph (6) lays out reporting rules, requiring majority approval of a quorum before any report is filed with the Clerk of the House.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2025.

1. 2025-04-04House Withdrawn, Recommitted (House)
2. 2025-03-31House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
3. 2025-03-28House Second Readers (House)
4. 2025-03-27House First Readers (House)
5. 2025-03-27House Hopper (House)

• Todd Jones (R, HD-25)Primary sponsor
• Dar'shun Kendrick (D, HD-95)
• Scott Holcomb (D, HD-101)
• Brent Cox (R, HD-28)
• John Corbett (R, HD-174)
• Brad Thomas (R, HD-21)

• artificial intelligence
• robotics
• workforce development
• legislative study committees