Georgia CommonsSenate Rules Committee, February 6, 2026
2025-2026 Regular Session · 450 CAP · 8 min
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Summary
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The committee briefly reviewed several bills and unanimously approved a motion covering SB 146, SB 150 and SB 411. The discussion included a teacher return-to-work program, cemetery legislation and dry needling. The committee also heard brief remarks on five-year vehicle registration under SB 384 and a Georgia Development Authority name change under SB 435, but no votes on those bills were shown. In a separate unanimous vote, the committee moved SB 395 from the general calendar to standing rules.
Bills discussed (6)
Each account covers the stretch of the meeting it names. The bill's number is said in that stretch, unless it was the only bill on a committee's agenda.
SB 384. Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide
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The chair said the committee had already heard the bill and briefly described it as providing five-year vehicle tag registration. The sponsor expressed support without giving further details. No questions or vote were shown.
SB 150. Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program
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The sponsor described the bill as a teacher return-to-work measure and said teachers had expressed excitement about it. The sponsor reported more than 5,000 teacher vacancies in Georgia as of December 2025 and said the program included a sunset provision, but the stated expiration date was unclear. No substantive questions followed. Later, a committee member selected the bill, and the committee unanimously approved a motion covering it, SB 146 and SB 411.
SB 411. Professions and Businesses; dry needling to be performed by certain licensed professionals; provide
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The chair identified the proposal as the dry needling bill and said it had already been covered. The sponsor confirmed that, and no substantive questions or further explanation followed. Later, a committee member selected the bill, and the committee unanimously approved a motion covering it, SB 146 and SB 150.
SB 435. Georgia Development Authority; rename as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority
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The sponsor described a name change for the Georgia Development Authority and said the authority's executive staff had requested the bill. The sponsor began explaining that the authority previously had an agricultural name, but the chair ended the presentation before further details were given. No vote was shown.
SB 146. Health, Local Government, and Property; regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; provide
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SB 395. Department of Public Health; eligible for the Low THC Oil Patient Registry; require a physician to submit certain information to the Georgia Composite Medical Board
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A committee member moved to transfer the bill from the general calendar to standing rules. The motion received a second and passed unanimously without substantive discussion of the bill.
Transcript
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Dear Lord, thank you for this day. Thank you for all you do for us, and give us your wisdom, and protect the children. Amen.
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Amen.
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All right, uh, is Senator Burns here? He's not. Uh, Senator Hatchett, let's go. SB 384. You got 30 seconds. Actually, we've heard yours. You got 10.
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SB 384 is one of the best bills you will ever consider. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Five years on, um-
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Corporation
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... on your tag registration. All right. Senator Hickman, SB 150, you got 30 seconds.
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Thank you, Mr. President. Um, Mr. Chairman, uh, Senate Bill 150, Return to Work bill for teachers, I'm sure everybody on this committee has had questions of, of teachers calling. They're excited about this. Uh, actually, we've got over 5,000 vacancies in Georgia right now as of December 25 for teachers. And this is a... this does have a sunset on it. It is sunset June the 34-
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All right. Any questions? Good bill.
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Thank you, sir.
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All right. Uh, 400, Senator Burns.
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Boo.
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You got 30 seconds.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, Senator, 400 is a agency bill from the Georgia Non-Public Professional Education, uh, Commission. It provides them some additional powers, and it, and it protects, uh, students by the, uh, tuition trust fund.
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We're all about protecting the children. Good bill.
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Thank you.
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Senator Still, 411.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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That's your dry needling bill. We've already covered it, right?
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Yes, sir.
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No questions?
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It's a good bill.
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No questions. All right. SB 435, Senator Goodman.
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Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, this is a bill that, uh, Tyler Harper and the executive staff of the Georgia Development Authority asked us to bring up. All it simply does is, uh, the Georgia Development Authority used to be the Georgia Agriculture Development Authority, and... Oh, we got questions. Okay. So we're, we're, at some point in time in the past, they changed-
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I know it's hard for you to stop talking, but that's good. Thank you.
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Okay. All right. Thank you.
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Uh, Senate Bill 146, Senator Williams, that's your cemetery bill. All right, let's pick a few. Pick a few. Senator Watson.
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Yes, sir. Thank you.
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Pick one.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senate Bill 411.
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411, all right. Senator Gooch not with us. Senator Dolezal.
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Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. President.
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Do you want to pick or not? I'll move on.
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I'll go with SB 150.
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150, good pick. All right. Uh, Senator Rhett.
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Uh, Senate Bill 146.
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146. All right, I got Senate Bill 146, Senate Bill 150, Senate Bill 411. I need a motion.
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To pass.
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I got a motion to pass. I got a second from Senator Cowsert. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye.
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Aye.
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All opposed say nay.
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Move we adjourn.
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All right, motion carries unanimous.
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One more.
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I've got a motion here... Or, uh, Senator Kirkpatrick, you're recognized.
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Yes, Mr. Chair.
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Y'all listen up.
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Mr. Chair.
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I'd like to move that, um, Senate Bill 395 is moved to standing rules.
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Okay. I got a motion to move Senate Bill 395 to standing rules from the general calendar. I got a second from my vice chairman. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye.
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Aye.
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All opposed same. Motion carries unanimous. Meeting adjourned. What's my time?