HR1669: HR1669 House Study Committee on End of Life Issues; create

This resolution creates the House Study Committee on End of Life Issues, made up of five members of the Georgia House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker, who also names the committee's chairperson. The committee's job is to study end of life issues broadly, including the financial and emotional impact of end of life planning on patients, families, and caregivers, and to look at how other states handle death with dignity and assisted death laws. The committee can meet as needed, called by its chairperson, and legislative members receive standard daily allowances under Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8) for up to five meeting days unless more are approved. Funding comes from the House's existing budget. If the committee approves findings or legislative recommendations, the chairperson must file a report with the Clerk of the House before the committee is abolished on December 1, 2026.

• Creates the House Study Committee on End of Life Issues, with five House members appointed by the Speaker of the House.
• Directs the committee to study end of life issues such as long-term care costs, caregiver burdens, and family decision-making near end of life.
• Requires the committee to review other states' death with dignity and assisted death laws to consider whether Georgia law should change.
• Sets legislative member pay using existing daily allowance rules (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8), capped at five days unless more are authorized.
• Requires any approved findings or legislative recommendations to be filed as a report with the Clerk of the House before the committee ends.
• Abolishes the committee automatically on December 1, 2026.

The resolution directly affects the five House members appointed to the committee and House administrative staff who support it. More broadly, it concerns Georgia residents facing terminal illness, their family members and caregivers, and anyone interested in how the state might address end of life planning and assisted death policy.

The committee itself changes no laws, but its study and any resulting report could shape future Georgia legislation on assisted death, long-term care costs, and support for caregivers and families dealing with terminal illness and end of life decisions.

• Paragraph (1) creates the House Study Committee on End of Life Issues.
• Paragraph (2) sets the committee at five House members appointed by the Speaker, who also designates the chairperson.
• Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying end of life issues and recommending action or legislation it deems necessary.
• Paragraph (5) ties member pay to O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8 allowances, limited to five days absent additional authorization, funded from the House's budget.
• Paragraph (6) requires any approved report or recommendations to be filed with the Clerk of the House, or meeting minutes filed if no report is approved.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2026.

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• Anne Westbrook (D, HD-163)Primary sponsor
• Edna Jackson (D, HD-165)
• Stacey Evans (D, HD-057)
• Spencer Frye (D, HD-122)
• Lisa Campbell (D, HD-035)

• end of life care
• assisted death
• long-term care costs
• legislative study committee
• caregiver support