--- title: House Judiciary Juvenile Committee, February 23, 2026 collection: meetings id: 2026-02-23/house-judiciary-juvenile cite_as: House Judiciary Juvenile Committee, February 23, 2026, video https://vimeo.com/1166675787 (machine transcript by Georgia Commons) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-02-23/house-judiciary-juvenile md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-02-23/house-judiciary-juvenile.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-02-23/house-judiciary-juvenile/text source_url: https://vimeo.com/1166675787 date: 2026-02-23 status: machine transcript corpus_version: meetings-2026-10-23-8c15ead0f18d license: Machine transcript and summaries by Georgia Commons from the General Assembly's public video; the video stays on the General Assembly's Vimeo channel; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Video, on the General Assembly's Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/1166675787. Agenda: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/agendas/house/Judiciary Non-Civil%2F022326 Meeting Notice.pdf. > 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. ## Summary written by Georgia Commons Written by gpt-6.1-sol from the transcript below. It is not part of the record. Quote the transcript or the video, not the summary. The committee approved a substitute for [HB 1283](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1283) after reviewing changes to Family Justice Center board requirements, nonprofit arrangements, discovery obligations and insurance language. The committee also approved [SB 383](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb383), which the sponsor described as an update to local child fatality reviews, with a stronger focus on preventing future deaths. Members asked about school representation, longer reporting deadlines and day care participation. Both bills passed by voice vote, with no opposition heard. ## Bills discussed (2) Each account was written by gpt-6.1-sol from the stretch of the transcript it names. The bill's number is said in that stretch, unless it was the only bill on a committee's agenda. ### HB 1283. Family Justice Center Act; enact [HB 1283](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1283) (2025-2026 Regular Session). From [0:20:02](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1202s), turns 0 to 23. The sponsor presented a substitute for the Family Justice Center bill, saying it incorporated suggestions from the previous hearing. A Fulton County district attorney’s office representative explained that the substitute reduced the required board size from seven to five to ease the burden on rural communities. The representative said it also eased requirements for nonprofit centers operating without municipal involvement, including existing models in Waycross and Macon. For felony and misdemeanor cases, the representative said revised discovery language clarified that sharing a building with prosecutors and law enforcement would not, by itself, impose evidence-disclosure requirements on nonprofits. The sponsor added that language requested by ACCG clarified that purchasing insurance would not waive immunity. A witness for GACDL thanked the sponsor for working with the organization on the discovery language. Committee members expressed support for the revisions, and the committee approved the substitute by voice vote, with no opposition heard. ### SB 383. Child Abuse; local child fatality review committees; modify the review [SB 383](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb383) (2025-2026 Regular Session). From [0:25:35](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1535s), turns 24 to 112. The sponsor described a GBI-backed bill to clarify local child fatality review duties and emphasize preventing future deaths. The sponsor said it would add a school system representative, update infant-death terminology, require reviews every 30 days, extend preliminary reporting from 48 hours to seven days, and extend final reporting from 20 to 90 days because current deadlines were unrealistic. Asked about school participation, a GBI representative said a school board representative had participated in state-panel discussions and that flexible wording allowed counties to choose an appropriate school representative. A member questioned why a preliminary report needed seven days. The GBI representative said investigators might still be gathering medical records or other information after 48 hours and clarified that the change would not require delaying an autopsy. The sponsor said it would not delay death certificates or families’ arrangements. Asked about day care representation, the GBI representative said investigators gather relevant information and day care representatives can join reviews when needed. The presenters confirmed that these reviews concern prevention, not criminal charges. The committee approved the bill by voice vote, with no opposition heard. ## Transcript (114 turns) [0:19:43](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1183s) Good morning. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. So glad you could be with us today on this very, very chilly Monday morning. Um, so thank you for being here on committee day. Appreciate all of you for, for being here. Thank you, members of the audience. And presenters, um, I believe we're gonna start today with HB1283, and we do have a substitute. Is that correct, Representative Panitch? Okay, go ahead- [0:20:08](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1208s) This- [0:20:08](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1208s) ... whenever you're ready. [0:20:09](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1209s) This, uh... Good morning, everybody. The, this is a Family Justice Center bill. It is LC481779, S as in Sam. [0:20:20](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1220s) All right. Please go ahead. [0:20:22](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1222s) Colleagues, last time we met, we had about an hour and a half of testimony in favor of the Family Justice Centers. There were some suggestions which we have incorporated into this substitute, and I don't think there are any, um, issues outside of what was already expressed and what we've already incorporated. So, uh, I have with me the chief deputy pub, um, state attorney, district attorney, sorry. I'm a public defender in heart, so it's sometimes it's a little hard for me. [0:20:53](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1253s) But chief deputy district attorney and the executive district attorney for Fulton County, who will be talking through the changes. [0:21:02](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1262s) If you would, we did have extensive information on this last time. So if you could just go through the changes that were made, that would be very helpful. [0:21:09](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1269s) Exactly. I'm not gonna talk about anything else. [0:21:11](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1271s) Okay. There- [0:21:12](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1272s) There are four changes, Madam Chairwoman. Uh, the first one is at line 61, where the requirement of seven board members has been reduced to five. The intent for that is that for some of the more rural jurisdictions, that reduces the burden, and I think that was actually Madam Chairwoman's, uh, su- excellent suggestion. Um, the second one is gonna be line 98, um, and that is, uh, going to the fourth way that you can create a family justice center that is mainly through the nonprofit model that does not involve a municipality. [0:21:43](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1303s) So it is reducing kind of the burdens on, uh, those nonprofit models that already exist, I believe, in Waycross and Macon, so that they would not have to fundamentally, um, have a burden placed on them. And then finally, it's just, uh, third and fourth are really the same thing, but it's sections two and three. Section two revol- uh, involves felony cases. Section four, uh, excuse me, section three involves misdemeanor cases, and that is lines 222 to 228 and lines 237 to 243. [0:22:16](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1336s) That is involving discovery. Um, this was worked through with GACDL. Uh, this was, um, kind of working together to get this, where it's essentially saying that just because a nonprofit is co-located in the same building with prosecutors and law enforcement, it does not place, um, discovery requirements on those nonprofits just because they're in the same building. [0:22:39](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1359s) And if I may, the, we also had made amendments within the hearing, and one of them was from ACCG, which is incorporated into the sub as well, lines 190, 191. The purchase of such insurance shall not be construed as a waiver of immunity. That was added at the hearing. [0:22:58](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1378s) Okay. Well, I certainly appreciate that. All the notes that I had regarding the amendments and, um, and then, of course, uh, my suggestion to reduce, I, I greatly appreciate that, and I'm sure all the, the s- stake- stakeholders who were here that day appreciate it as well. We do have a question. Um, Representative Sharper, please go ahead whenever you're ready. [0:23:18](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1398s) Thank you so much, Chairwoman. Thank you again. We did a lot on that bill the other day, and I appreciate you guys understanding any concerns that anybody else had to make the changes. So I'm very happy and at the appropriate time, I would like to, you know, offer that we approve this. [0:23:35](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1415s) All right. Thank you, Representative Sharper. I will certainly let you know. Um, we did have another question. That person, have you waved, Representative Townsend? Okay. Wonderful. [0:23:43](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1423s) Same idea. [0:23:44](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1424s) You... Well, that's wonderful. That's wonderful. We have exactly opposite sides of the room having the same idea. That's fabulous. All right. Well, before we move any further, thank you so much. That apparently is all the questions we had. You did a great job last week thoroughly vetting the bill. Um, we do have Brian Hines, who's with GACDL, um, who would like to come up and speak to the bill. Please go ahead to the podium. Thank you. [0:24:06](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1446s) Senator Slough, I just wanna say, by the way, I really appreciated working with you over the last, uh, five years by the way, too, so it's weird to be on this side of everything. But I just wanna say I always appreciate great policy and also wanna give, uh, you know, props where they're due, and we really appreciate Representative Panitch for working with us to work on some of the discovery language, too, so w- we really appreciate you. So thank you, thank you all. [0:24:27](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1467s) Thank you. That's wonderful. We love it when people like our bills. Um, all right. Um, great. And I d- before we move any further, um, we do have a couple of people on Zoom. Let's see. Oh, they're not on Zoom. Okay, they're not on Zoom. Okay. I was gonna recognize them. All right, so Representative Taylor, do you have a question? [0:24:50](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1490s) No. Visit. [0:24:52](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1492s) Okay. Well, let's... All right, I'll take it. All right, so what's the will of the committee? I believe we have a motion by Representative Sharper. We have a second. Who's our second? All right, Townsend. Uh, Townsend. All right, wonderful. All right, so we have a motion and a second. Do we have any discussion on the bill? [0:25:09](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1509s) All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? Wonderful. All right. Your bill does pass. Uh, make sure you get a rules form from me. Okay? All right. Thank you. Thank all of you for being here and for all the hard work on this bill. [0:25:26](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1526s) All right. And now we are moving across the hall to a wonderful Senate bill. Representative Kirkpatrick, um, come bring us Senate Bill 383, and you can be wherever makes you comfortable. The table is fine. Oh, well please bring a friend. We love when people bring friends. [0:25:45](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1545s) Uh, some information from committees. [0:25:48](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1548s) Okay. All right, wonderful. You don't have, um, 383? Well, they must have missed one of them in the folder. We have a few extras, don't worry. We definitely want you to see it. [0:26:05](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1565s) Sure. [0:26:12](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1572s) And this is an intriguing bill, so whenever you're ready, please feel free to share some information about it. [0:26:18](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1578s) Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, I wanna introduce my helper over here from GBI, Ashley Garish, the Director of Medical Operations. And of course, some other members of the GBI team. They told me today they travel as a pack, so anyway, this is an agency bill, and I gave you, your committee, a handout that sort of summarizes the bill, with the objective being to improve the effectiveness of the child fatality review process in the state. [0:26:53](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1613s) The Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel is housed within GBI, and it seeks to reduce child fatalities in Georgia by focusing on whether certain child deaths are preventable, and providing recommendations for the, uh, reduction of future child deaths. So what this bill does is it clarifies the responsibilities and functions of the review committee, committees around the state, which every county has one. [0:27:24](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1644s) It modernizes outdated technology that I'll talk about, provides realistic timelines which the committees can actually meet, and it focuses more on prevention than on just retrospective analysis. So just briefly touching on the sections, and then I'd be happy to answer any questions. Section one, um, clarifies on line 19 and 20 that we're really looking to identify opportunities for intervention and make recommendations to prevent future deaths, which is different than the line that's struck through just above that. [0:28:03](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1683s) It also adds a local school system representative. And then on line 46 through 48, you'll see that we added, in addition to SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, it added sudden unexplained infant death and sleep-related infant death, which is more modern, uh, terminology. And then if you go to, um, section, let's see, line, uh, 105 and down, the committees are going to be meeting every 30 days to review their reports. [0:28:46](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1726s) And when we get to... Where's the part about, uh, 48 hours? Which one was 48 hours? [0:28:54](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1734s) That was, uh, line 70. [0:28:56](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1736s) Sorry to skip around. Line 70 changes the, um, reporting timeline for a preliminary report from 48 hours, which is not happening, not even doable, to seven days. And the coroner's notified, uh, immediately, and then the committee has to, um, the coroner has to come up with a preliminary report within seven days. And then the committee, of course, reviews all the available information. Did I leave anything out? [0:29:31](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1771s) Uh, the one- on line 144, changing to 90 days. [0:29:34](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1774s) Yeah. And then on line 145, [0:29:39](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1779s) we changed, um, the final report to be due within 90 days. 20 days is not realistic and it's not happening. So, um, that's the heart of the bill. Just really trying to update current law and make this process more effective in identifying opportunities to prevent future child deaths. And with that, I'm happy to answer any questions. [0:30:04](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1804s) Thank you so much, um, Chairman Kirkpatrick. That's great. Um, I did notice, and I just wanted to make note, I thought it was great, um... Let's see. You talked about, oh gosh, I lost my line. Um, rather than just identifying, and I know you mentioned this earlier on, but actually looking for ways to prevent. And I think that probably, as a former EMT and the, the person who often was the first on the scene of very tragic events, I think the prevention aspect is huge. [0:30:38](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1838s) So I, I greatly appreciate that. And there are a few questions. Um, Representative Wilkerson, is that you that has a question? All right. [0:30:46](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1846s) Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, quick question. Thank you for, um, you know, this, this, this work. A quick question. Um, number 31, will we add a local school representative? Is, I guess the school board is interested in doing that, 'cause sometimes we add them to things and they don't, because of capacity, participate. Is, uh, are they cool with being added? [0:31:09](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1869s) I think there's opportunities- [0:31:10](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1870s) Yes [0:31:10](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1870s) ... for the schools to, um, m- sometimes be able to add some information to the review process. [0:31:17](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1877s) Yeah. [0:31:17](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1877s) So the school board association and all them, or the school superintendent said, "Yes, please add us"? [0:31:21](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1881s) Yes, we had, um, someone from the school board come and present at one of our state panel meetings, and then discuss. And we kept the wording just to school system representative, 'cause some school systems like to send a counselor from that child's actual school, whereas in other places we have a local school board member that would come. So- [0:31:39](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1899s) So this is not a standing committee [0:31:42](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1902s) It, it says- [0:31:43](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1903s) There's local- these are the local committees, so each county has their own committee. So we made it where a local school system representative would be on those committees. So it depends on which county, whether they want to have, uh, we have some groups of counties where one school board member would attend all of them, and then we have some where a counselor from the particular child's death that's being reviewed would come. [0:32:05](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1925s) And they all report up, um- [0:32:08](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1928s) Yes [0:32:08](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1928s) ... and that's further down on the bill. That's line 195. Each of the committees reports up to the, uh, overall review panel. [0:32:17](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1937s) One second, last question. I just want to get clarification, I apologize. So on line 31, I thought that was a standing committee, so it would not be based on incident. So like for example, you can go to Cobb and the, the judge would say, "Okay, for this time it's, uh, this person from Marietta. This time it's, uh, this, this year it's this person from Marietta, and this year it's a person from Cobb," 'cause we have two scope, se- But it would be one dedicated person- [0:32:39](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1959s) Yes [0:32:39](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1959s) ... attending every single meeting. [0:32:41](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1961s) Yes. [0:32:41](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1961s) Not switching in and out. [0:32:42](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1962s) Depending which county, what that, who that representative would be. [0:32:46](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1966s) Understood. Understood. Yes, thank you. [0:32:50](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1970s) Thank you, Representative Wilkerson. That was a good clarifying question. Thank you. Representative Taylor, I believe you have a question. You're next. [0:32:55](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=1975s) Thank you, Madam Chair. Mm. For clarification, I'm looking, I'm g- starting back on line 60, but then my question pertains to line 60, 70. Um, can you explain the difference between going from 48 hours to seven days? I understand that they're immediately notifying the coroner, but for this particular report, it's taking, it, the examiner's given seven days to send notification to the chairperson to the review committees. [0:33:26](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2006s) Can you explain why that went from 48 to 70, 48 hours to seven days? [0:33:31](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2011s) Yes. For the, um, for them to make the preliminary report, we've noticed in a lot of these child deaths they're still just information-gathering in the first 48 hours. Um, they may be needing to seek additional medical records. We have certain cases that will be reported to our office, but on hold as to whether or not an autopsy would be determined- [0:33:50](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2030s) Right [0:33:50](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2030s) ... as they're gathering information. So it's just allowing more time for them to provide a preliminary report that has information about what actually is gonna, um, you know, if that's going to, that case is going to be autopsied or examined by the medical examiner's office. It's just allowing a little bit more time. [0:34:07](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2047s) If I may, Madam Chair. So you're saying that the body could be held out for up to seven days before an autopsy would be done? [0:34:15](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2055s) No. [0:34:15](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2055s) No. [0:34:16](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2056s) But, but, um, with the 48 hours, we do have certain cases, particularly with co- um, delayed cases that have been in the hospital, sometimes there may be a question of we need to get some additional information before determining whether an autopsy would be performed. So the coroner would still be working on obtaining information. This does not make it where it would be seven days before an autopsy was obtained, it's just I was using that as an example of information they may be trying to gather. [0:34:43](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2083s) Preliminary is what's throwing me off. [0:34:45](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2085s) Okay. [0:34:45](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2085s) You know, it's a, if it's a preliminary, it shouldn't take seven days to provide a preliminary report, and I think that's what's ... I'm not, I'm still, I'm still not clear on it, but I hear you. [0:34:54](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2094s) Well, the, the autopsy may not have been completed in 48 hours. That- that's one problem. And then one thing that was asked on the Senate side was that, uh, this does not delay anything for the family. This does not delay the death certificate or anything that the family needs to do what they need to do. [0:35:11](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2111s) Because this only relates back to the committee- [0:35:14](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2114s) Right [0:35:14](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2114s) ... that is meeting to discuss this child and what would possibly could have been a preventable- [0:35:21](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2121s) Yeah [0:35:21](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2121s) ... situation- [0:35:22](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2122s) Got you [0:35:23](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2123s) ... to hopefully make so another family doesn't have the same tragedy. [0:35:26](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2126s) Got it. Thank you. [0:35:27](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2127s) Am I correct on that, Madam Chair? [0:35:29](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2129s) That's correct. [0:35:30](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2130s) All right. Thank you. Thank you so much, Representative Taylor. Certainly appreciate you, and we love clarification, too. All right, um, Representative Sharper, please go ahead with your question. [0:35:38](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2138s) All right. Thank you, Chair. Um, as I look at the entire, you know, effort here, I'm just wondering, this doesn't have to be in writing or in law, but, um, where does the day cares come into this? Any day care, um, operators or anybody involved? 'Cause a lot of child fatalities, you know, do happen at, you know, either the commercial-type day cares and also the home ones that are approved, the legal ones, but we see a lot of child fatalities. So what is their input in this bill or any representation on any boards? [0:36:12](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2172s) I would think that, um, uh, this includes any child death and where, no matter where it occurs, and this just has to do with the review process of how they're gonna figure out how this could've been prevented, whether it could've been prevented and how it could've been prevented. [0:36:29](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2189s) E- [0:36:29](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2189s) So, uh, go ahead. [0:36:30](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2190s) I was just gonna say, each individual case, as it's being investigated, there can be, sorry, there can be additional, um, input. So, uh, we did not list a day care representative because every case is not gonna need that representative. However, from the local law enforcement and the coroners do look into the day cares. We have that information in the, uh, initial death investigation. And then as well on particular deaths, a, uh, if a day care individual, uh, representative needs to come and, and be part of that meeting to discuss that particular case, they can as well. [0:37:03](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2223s) So they are involved in the process of the review. [0:37:06](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2226s) Is it, is it my understanding as well this is a review, this has nothing to do with criminal charges. It has nothing to do with any aspect of that. This is a review after, um, unfortunately a child's death for us to look back and say, "What could we have done to prevent this?" [0:37:21](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2241s) Absolutely. [0:37:21](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2241s) Am I correct on all that? [0:37:22](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2242s) Yes. [0:37:23](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2243s) Okay. [0:37:23](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2243s) Correct. [0:37:23](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2243s) And so this has nothing to do with a criminality. This has nothing to do with the family, bless them, being able to lay this poor child to rest. This is just a review panel that takes place after the fact- [0:37:36](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2256s) Mm-hmm [0:37:36](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2256s) ... once the data comes back. [0:37:37](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2257s) Exactly. [0:37:37](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2257s) Which is the reason for the seven days. [0:37:39](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2259s) Correct. [0:37:39](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2259s) Yes. Okay. [0:37:40](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2260s) Wonderful. I was just wondering if that was someone that kind of would and could be- On your committee here where you says like the, uh, the county mental health officer, but these have four local hospital representation and a local school system representative. So I was just wondering, you know, but that's fine. [0:38:04](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2284s) All right. Thank you, Representative Sharper. Representative Townsend, please go ahead with your question. [0:38:08](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2288s) Thanks, Madam Chair. Uh, first I wanna say thank you for this bill and appreciate you including the school system. As a former retired educator, I appreciate that. I think we are definitely need to be engaged in what's going on, and I think this is a good way to try to help out, uh, afterwards, and just at the appropriate time. [0:38:28](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2308s) Thank you so much, Representative, for your comment. Um, is there any further information that you'd like to discuss on the bill at this point? Okay. What's the will of the committee? [0:38:40](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2320s) Motion to file. [0:38:42](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2322s) All right. Do we have a second? We have a second. All right. Any discussion regarding this bill, HB, I mean, sorry, SB 383? All right. All right. So all those in favor say aye. Any opposed? All right. Thank you so much, Senator. [0:39:00](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2340s) Thank you. [0:39:00](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2340s) Your bill passes. I will get your rules form, okay? Thank you. And thank you so much for being here today and hearing these two important bills. We will meet again at our normal time on Wednesday at 1:00 in 403. We're gonna have some issues to take up at that point in time, but we are adjourned. Thank you. [0:39:18](https://vimeo.com/1166675787#t=2358s) Thanks.