Senate Rules Committee, February 6, 2026 Video: https://vimeo.com/1162317488 (a timestamp t plays at https://vimeo.com/1162317488#t=s) Page: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-02-06/senate-rules This is a machine transcript of the General Assembly's video, made by a speech-recognition model. It is not an official record and can mishear words, names, and numbers. Speakers are not identified. The video is the record: every timestamp links to the moment it plays. [0:04:14] 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. [0:04:18] Amen. [0:04:20] 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. [0:04:33] SB 384 is one of the best bills you will ever consider. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [0:04:37] Five years on, um- [0:04:40] Corporation [0:04:40] ... on your tag registration. All right. Senator Hickman, SB 150, you got 30 seconds. [0:04:48] 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- [0:05:09] All right. Any questions? Good bill. [0:05:11] Thank you, sir. [0:05:12] All right. Uh, 400, Senator Burns. [0:05:16] Boo. [0:05:16] You got 30 seconds. [0:05:17] 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. [0:05:30] We're all about protecting the children. Good bill. [0:05:32] Thank you. [0:05:33] Senator Still, 411. [0:05:35] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [0:05:36] That's your dry needling bill. We've already covered it, right? [0:05:38] Yes, sir. [0:05:39] No questions? [0:05:40] It's a good bill. [0:05:40] No questions. All right. SB 435, Senator Goodman. [0:05:46] 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- [0:06:02] I know it's hard for you to stop talking, but that's good. Thank you. [0:06:04] Okay. All right. Thank you. [0:06:05] Uh, Senate Bill 146, Senator Williams, that's your cemetery bill. All right, let's pick a few. Pick a few. Senator Watson. [0:06:13] Yes, sir. Thank you. [0:06:14] Pick one. [0:06:15] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senate Bill 411. [0:06:17] 411, all right. Senator Gooch not with us. Senator Dolezal. [0:06:25] Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. President. [0:06:27] Do you want to pick or not? I'll move on. [0:06:29] I'll go with SB 150. [0:06:31] 150, good pick. All right. Uh, Senator Rhett. [0:06:37] Uh, Senate Bill 146. [0:06:40] 146. All right, I got Senate Bill 146, Senate Bill 150, Senate Bill 411. I need a motion. [0:06:47] To pass. [0:06:48] I got a motion to pass. I got a second from Senator Cowsert. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. [0:06:55] Aye. [0:06:56] All opposed say nay. [0:06:57] Move we adjourn. [0:06:58] All right, motion carries unanimous. [0:07:01] One more. [0:07:01] I've got a motion here... Or, uh, Senator Kirkpatrick, you're recognized. [0:07:05] Yes, Mr. Chair. [0:07:06] Y'all listen up. [0:07:07] Mr. Chair. [0:07:07] I'd like to move that, um, Senate Bill 395 is moved to standing rules. [0:07:14] 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. [0:07:24] Aye. [0:07:24] All opposed same. Motion carries unanimous. Meeting adjourned. What's my time?