--- title: House Technology and Infrastructure Innovation Committee, February 23, 2026 collection: meetings id: 2026-02-23/house-technology-and-infrastructure-innovation cite_as: House Technology and Infrastructure Innovation Committee, February 23, 2026, video https://vimeo.com/1166096956 (machine transcript by Georgia Commons) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-02-23/house-technology-and-infrastructure-innovation md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-02-23/house-technology-and-infrastructure-innovation.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-02-23/house-technology-and-infrastructure-innovation/text source_url: https://vimeo.com/1166096956 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. 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Video, on the General Assembly's Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/1166096956. Agenda: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/agendas/house/Technology and Infrastructure Innovation%2FUPDATED Technology & Infrastructure Innovation Meeting Notice Feb 23rd.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 substitutes for two bills. For [SB 177](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb177), the presenter outlined changes to definitions, reporting deadlines and an exemption tied to federal law. Members split 4–4, and the chair broke the tie in favor, sending the bill to the Rules Committee. For [HB 1230](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1230), the chair described a substitute combining two sections and incorporating previously discussed recommendations. The committee approved that substitute by voice vote. Members asked no substantive questions about either bill. ## 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. ### SB 177. Government Transparency and Campaign Finance; transparency in foreign funded political activities within the state; provide [SB 177](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb177) (2025-2026 Regular Session). From [0:20:50](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1250s), turns 0 to 19. The presenter outlined changes to the substitute for [SB 177](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb177) since the previous session. The presenter said the definition of control would cover additional forms of shares, stock and equity that give a holder authority to direct a company's affairs. The presenter also described revisions to the definition of a foreign-supported political organization intended to clarify which potential bad actors the bill would cover. According to the presenter, reporting deadlines would align with quarterly campaign reports to resolve inconsistencies in the earlier version. The presenter said another provision would exempt certain organizations connected to a qualified divestiture under federal foreign-adversary legislation and a recent executive order. No members asked questions or explained support or opposition. After a voice vote drew opposition, the chair called for a show of hands. The vote was 4–4, and the chair broke the tie in favor, advancing the substitute to the Rules Committee. ### HB 1230. Aviation; prohibit operation of unmanned aircraft systems over a place of incarceration [HB 1230](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1230) (2025-2026 Regular Session). From [0:23:48](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1428s), turns 20 to 29. The chair presented the substitute for [HB 1230](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1230) as combining provisions previously discussed separately under Titles 42 and 6. The chair said section one incorporated all recommendations from PAC concerning Title 42, while the Title 6 provisions had moved to section two without changing. The presentation did not explain the underlying restrictions or their purpose. No members asked questions or discussed the substitute. The committee approved it by voice vote, with no numerical count announced. ## Transcript (31 turns) [0:20:32](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1232s) Hey guys, good afternoon. I have it on good authority that we'll be getting a few more members here in the not too distant future. So what I'd like to do is give you guys the run in terms of what we're gonna do. Um, the first thing that we're going to hear, uh, is the substitute to Senate Bill 177, LC474065S, and then after that we're going to hear the substitute to 1230, and that is LC640073S. What I'd like to do, if it's possible, I'd ask the, the leader, uh, to come up and provide the changes to the committee, and we sure'd appreciate to, uh, appreciate that Mr. [0:21:09](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1269s) Leader. [0:21:22](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1282s) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I didn't know if I'd actually get to present a bill this session. Um, so real quick, uh, SB 177, the, the substitute the chairman referenced, I'm just gonna go through three or four of the changes we made to the bill since y'all have seen this, uh, last session. Starting on line 43, um, in addition to the definition of what control is and how that would capture other forms of share, stocks, equity, that would provide the holder authority to the direct, uh, to direct a company's affairs. [0:21:55](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1315s) Um, the second change starting on line 47 changes to the definition of foreign supported political organization to help clarify those potential bad actors that we intend to capture in this legislation. Lines 152, 158, and 190, uh, the changes to the reporting requirements to fall in line with quarterly campaign reports. Uh, in the previous version it was a little wonky in terms of there wasn't c- consistency in when those reports would be due. Um, so these changes now makes it consistent with the other reporting of the State Ethics Commission. [0:22:26](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1346s) And then finally, uh, line 207, um, we added a, a s- a, some language there to carve out requirements for organizations that are subject of, covered by, or qualify a divestiture, um, under the federal qu- federal Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary, um, Act and a recent executive order. That's all I got, Mr. Chairman. [0:22:50](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1370s) Mr. Leader thank you very much for that pithy explanation of your substitute. Um, I do not see any questions at this time. What's the will of the committee? [0:23:00](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1380s) Motion to pass. [0:23:01](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1381s) I got a motion to pass. Do I have a second? [0:23:04](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1384s) Second. [0:23:05](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1385s) I have a second. Any discussion? All right, all in favor say aye. [0:23:10](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1390s) Aye. [0:23:10](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1390s) All opposed? [0:23:11](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1391s) No. [0:23:15](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1395s) No. [0:23:15](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1395s) Let's- [0:23:15](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1395s) Thank you Mr. Chairman. [0:23:16](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1396s) Let's go to vision. All in favor raise your right hand please. Patrick, can you help? [0:23:24](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1404s) Okay, all opposed? [0:23:29](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1409s) We got four to four. I'm the chair, the tie breaker goes to the yay. Mr. Leader, you move on to rules. [0:23:35](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1415s) Thank you Mr. Chairman for passing this great piece of legislation. God bless y'all. [0:23:43](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1423s) Ladies and gentlemen of the committee, we're gonna move on to House Bill 1230. Um, what I can assure you of 100%, and I want to point out, Whip Park, the last time we met we spoke to the separation of Title VI and Title 42. What we did was we took all of the recommendations of PAC for section one, which is section 42. We then took Title VI and moved that to section two, and that is there. [0:24:15](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1455s) So we were able to put both into one bill. That is the substitute. I'm more than happy to take questions, but I want to assure the committee that this is exactly what we saw from PAC last week on section one, and section two did not change. It stayed consistent. Uh, are there any questions on the substitute to House Bill t- 1230? [0:24:39](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1479s) Seeing no questions, what's the will of the committee? [0:24:44](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1484s) Motion. [0:24:44](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1484s) I got a motion do pass. [0:24:45](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1485s) Second. [0:24:45](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1485s) I got a second. Any discussion? [0:24:49](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1489s) All in favor say aye. [0:24:51](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1491s) Aye. [0:24:51](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1491s) All opposed? Thank you very much. I appreciate it. We're adjourned. [0:25:02](https://vimeo.com/1166096956#t=1502s) Five minutes of your bill.