SR 391: Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Currency; create

This resolution sets up the Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Currency. The committee will look at how AI and digital currencies, including cryptocurrency, are being used and regulated, and consider what safeguards or new laws Georgia might need to protect consumers from fraud, bias, discrimination, and privacy harms while still encouraging innovation. The President of the Senate appoints all six members and names one as chairperson. The chairperson calls meetings and can bring in reports for legislative consideration. Legislative members get standard travel and expense allowances, other state employees get reimbursed through their own agencies, and outside members get a daily allowance capped at four days unless more are approved. The committee must file any findings before it is abolished on December 1, 2025, or file meeting minutes if no report is approved.

• Creates the Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Currency, made up of six members appointed by the President of the Senate.
• Directs the committee to study AI and digital currency issues in Georgia and recommend action or legislation it finds necessary.
• Sets allowances for committee members: standard legislative travel reimbursements, agency-paid reimbursements for other state employees, and a capped daily allowance for outside members.
• Requires the chairperson to file a report with the Secretary of the Senate if the committee approves findings or recommendations, or file minutes if no report is approved.
• Abolishes the committee automatically on December 1, 2025.

The six Senate-appointed committee members, including legislators, other state officials, and possibly private citizens, are directly affected. More broadly, the resolution signals possible future impacts on AI developers, digital currency and cryptocurrency users, and Georgia consumers in sectors like healthcare, finance, education, housing, and transportation.

The committee itself changes no laws, but its recommendations could shape future Georgia legislation on AI safeguards and digital currency regulation. Georgians using AI-driven services or cryptocurrency, and businesses operating in those spaces, could eventually see new rules stemming from this study.

• Paragraph (1) establishes the Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Currency.
• Paragraph (2) sets committee size at six members, all appointed by the President of the Senate, who also names the chairperson.
• Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying AI and digital currency issues and recommending legislation.
• Paragraph (5) details expense allowances for legislative members, state employees, and outside members, capping the daily allowance at four days absent additional authorization.
• Paragraph (6) requires a report or, failing that, meeting minutes to be filed with the Secretary of the Senate before abolishment.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2025.

1. 2025-04-02Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
2. 2025-03-25Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
3. 2025-03-21Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
4. 2025-03-20Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted (Senate)
5. 2025-03-18Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
6. 2025-03-13Senate Hopper (Senate)

• John Albers (R, SD-56)Primary sponsor
• Shawn Still (R, SD-48)
• Jason Anavitarte (R, SD-31)
• Randy Robertson (R, SD-29)
• Ed Setzler (R, SD-37)
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-45)

1. PassedSenate voteApril 2, 2025

   52 yea, 0 nay (3 not voting, 1 excused)

   CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SENATE STUDY COMMITTEES: Senate Vote #380

• artificial intelligence
• digital currency
• cryptocurrency regulation
• consumer protection
• legislative study committees