--- title: House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee, February 25, 2026 collection: meetings id: 2026-02-25/house-agriculture-and-consumer-affairs cite_as: House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee, February 25, 2026, video https://vimeo.com/1167901741 (machine transcript by Georgia Commons) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-02-25/house-agriculture-and-consumer-affairs md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-02-25/house-agriculture-and-consumer-affairs.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-02-25/house-agriculture-and-consumer-affairs/text source_url: https://vimeo.com/1167901741 date: 2026-02-25 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/1167901741. Agenda: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/agendas/house/Agriculture%2FAG & CA Meeting Notice- Wednesday, 2-25-26.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 [HB 1408](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1408), allowing licensed veterinary technicians to give rabies vaccinations under a veterinarian’s direct supervision, and [HR 1416](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1416), creating a joint study committee on family farm sustainability. No opposition was heard in either voice vote. Members also discussed [HB 1400](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1400), intended to protect performers from unfair promoter practices. Questions centered on licensing requirements and which businesses would be covered. The chair held that bill for revisions and another hearing, with no vote taken. ## Bills discussed (3) 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 1408. Veterinarians; authorize licensed veterinary technicians to administer antirabies vaccinations to animals [HB 1408](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1408) (2025-2026 Regular Session). From [0:19:40](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1180s), turns 10 to 21. The sponsor said [HB 1408](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1408) would allow licensed veterinary technicians, under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian, to administer required rabies vaccinations to animals. The sponsor said current law allows only veterinarians to give those shots and described the proposal as a public health measure, citing the expense and pain of treatment after potential rabies exposure. The sponsor reported support from the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association, Georgia Department of Agriculture and Georgia Department of Public Health. Members asked no questions. The committee approved the bill by voice vote, with no opposition heard. ### HB 1400. Georgia Artist-Promoter Fair Practices Act; enact [HB 1400](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1400) (2025-2026 Regular Session). From [0:21:43](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1303s), turns 22 to 109. The sponsor said [HB 1400](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1400) would protect artists from promoters who charge performance fees without providing the audience or promotion artists expect. The sponsor described hypothetical beginners paying $500 each to perform at a 30-person venue and said talent agencies and nonprofits would be treated differently. One member supported protections for young performers. Another described promoters taking money, canceling events and withholding refunds. Several members questioned whether the bill required promoter licensing. The sponsor said licensing depended on local requirements and initially said the bill covered licensing, but the chair said no such requirement appeared in the text. Another member recommended defining what would qualify as licensed because local standards vary. The sponsor agreed to work on licensing language. Asked about businesses hired only to market an event, the sponsor said responsibility would remain with the promoter, not the marketing contractor. Another member flagged a spelling error. The chair held the bill for revisions and another hearing early the following week. No amendment was adopted and no vote was taken. ### HR 1416. Joint Study Committee on Generational Sustainability of Family Farms; create [HR 1416](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1416) (2025-2026 Regular Session). From [0:38:54](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2334s), turns 111 to 128. The sponsor said [HR 1416](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1416) would create a nine-member joint House-Senate study committee to seek state-level solutions for family farm sustainability, profitability and the future of agriculture. The sponsor described three appointments each by the House speaker and Senate president, with the agriculture commissioner also serving. Explaining the need, the sponsor said Georgia farmers lost about $800 million in 2025, production costs exceeded projected revenue in 11 of the past 14 years, and the United States had a $50 billion agricultural trade deficit in 2025. The sponsor also said 42% of Georgia farmers had considered suicide in the past year and linked worsening mental health to declining profitability. The sponsor proposed gathering experts over the summer and fall, while acknowledging limits on state action over federal issues. The member presiding over the discussion supported bringing people together to develop solutions and emphasized food security. The committee approved the resolution by voice vote, with no opposition heard. ## Transcript (132 turns) [0:15:43](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=943s) Um, good morning, uh, committee. Thank you everyone for being here this morning. Um, and, um, I'd like to ask, um, Representative Cameron to open us with a word of prayer. What number have you got? [0:15:56](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=956s) 25. [0:15:59](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=959s) Well, Heavenly Father, thank you for the day you've created, and all the beauty that it, that, that it has. Thank you for this committee. Thank you for the members and the fellowship that we have. Help us conduct business, um, in accordance with your will, and give us the wisdom to make great decisions. And also thank you for this nice gift of the pecan pie. In Jesus name, amen. [0:16:24](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=984s) Uh, thank you so much this this morning. Um, as y'all see on our agenda this morning, we've got several bills, and this is our second committee meeting this week, so we're trying to, uh, get some bills before crossover. And, uh, thank you committee for, uh, your consideration in these. And we're gonna, uh, kinda mix it up a little bit this morning. Uh, I see, uh, Chair Lady Camp here got a bill. Uh, are you ready, uh, to do that one first? [0:16:54](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1014s) I am. Number 16. [0:16:55](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1015s) Uh, oh, before we get going, before we get into bill, we, we've got some people, uh, some guests, uh, I wanna get, uh, be introduced this morning. And, uh, uh, Representative Howard, would you, uh, take a stab at, uh, introducing some folks in the audience? [0:17:12](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1032s) Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, on behalf of me and Ms. Jaclyn Ford, and, uh, Chairman Dickey, uh, his, his lovely wife, Ms. Cindy, serves a- alongside some of our other board members on the Georgia Agribusiness Council. And, uh, so if you're here with the Agribusiness Council, raise your hand this morning. So, and our, uh- The new, um, first ever elected Chair Lady of the, uh, Georgia Agribusiness Council, Ms. Donna Stewart, is responsible for the, uh, pecan or pecans. How do you say that, Ms. [0:17:43](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1063s) Donna? You, we'll give you the official naming. So- Pecan or pecan. There you go. But, uh, thank you for this gift, and, well, uh, she's actually done... Uh, how many'd y'all bring up here this morning, Ms. Donna? 280. 280. So, uh, she wanted to make sure we all got ours this morning on this committee, um, but she'll have 'em in the anny rooms for ev- all the other members. So thank y'all again for being here. Thank you for all what you do. And, uh, Jake and Will do a great job representing y'all up here, and, uh, glad to have you. [0:18:15](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1095s) Thank you. Uh, I would second that. Um, gr- a great organization, Georgia Agribusiness Council. Thank y'all for being up here. And if y'all have not, uh, had a chance to eat one of these, taste one of these pies, y'all, it is out of this world. And, um, it's, um, we thank you, Donna, for, for, uh, doing this. And thank you Will and Jake for the great job y'all do helping, helping me with this, uh, committee, and, and all ag legislation that floats around this, uh, Capitol building. [0:18:47](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1127s) Uh, they're a great resource, and I appreciate the Georgia Agribusiness Council having them on site here, uh, every day at the Capitol during legislative session. And afterwards, um, trying to pro- prom- promote and, uh, help agriculture, uh, in this state. And, uh, we've got a little, um, bill later on that, uh, hopefully will help address that, uh, as well as we go forward. So thank y'all for being here. Anybody else wanna say anything? Um, so, um, if not, we'll move forward, uh, with, uh, Chair Lady Camp. [0:19:26](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1166s) Good morning. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And again, thank you all of our friends in the audience, especially the Agribusiness Council, and thank you for this pie. Um, I bring you today, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, House Bill 1408. We're looking at LC60-0304. All right, so right now in the state of Georgia, the only individual who can administer a rabies shot is a veterinarian. This bill does one thing. It allows veterinary technicians under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian to administer rabies vaccines to animals that are required to be inoculated. [0:20:02](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1202s) Now, I don't know if any of you have ever done any research on what happens if you're bitten by an animal that has not been inoculated for rabies. Um, they're observed for 10 days. You can be observed for 10 days, but if you have an overabundance of caution and don't wanna get rabies, there's a series of shots that are extremely expensive and extremely painful. Um, unfortunately, someone near and dear to my heart had to have those shots, and, um, they went through a lot of turmoil. Getting rabies vaccines in our state requires a veterinarian right now. [0:20:35](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1235s) All this bill does is allow technicians who are licensed in the state, who work directly under them, to administer these vaccines. It is a public health issue, and, um, the Georgia Veterinary, excuse me, Georgia Veterinarian Medical Association, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, and the Georgia Department of Public Health are supportive of this bill. [0:20:57](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1257s) Okay. Uh, thank you for that. Uh, do we have any questions, uh, from the author of the bill? [0:21:07](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1267s) Uh, hearing no questions, very good job. Uh, the time I take a motion. [0:21:12](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1272s) Do pass. [0:21:12](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1272s) Got a motion to do pass. Second? [0:21:14](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1274s) Second. [0:21:15](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1275s) Got a second. Any other discussion or, uh, questions from the author? Hearing none, uh, all in favor of, uh, do pass this bill, say I. [0:21:25](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1285s) I. [0:21:25](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1285s) Opposed? Hearing none, um, bill passes. [0:21:29](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1289s) Thank you. [0:21:30](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1290s) Um, is Representative Gilliard here? There he is. You're hiding behind the post. Uh, we've got a, uh, bill, um, HB 1400. Good even number. [0:21:49](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1309s) Good morning, everyone. [0:21:56](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1316s) Mr. Chairman and members of this distinguished committee, I bring to you House Bill 1400. Um, could you tell us your LC number on that for the record? The, uh, LC 620388. Correct. Okay, that's what we have. Okay. [0:22:20](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1340s) Mr. Chairman and members of this committee, I want to confess on this morning that my prior career was in the recording industry. I know that's hard to believe, hearing I talk about the peach industry and agriculture all the time, but I used to be in the industry. And so this is a bill, a simple bill, that protects artists. Now, I want you to picture this. There is a artist that's starting for the first time. They've got country, blues, urban, hip hop, gospel. [0:22:53](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1373s) They've never been in the industry, and they get everything in line, their copyrights, all the above, and they get an opportunity to perform. This promoter says, "I'm gonna put you on the show." And the venue is about 30, seats about 30 people. And that promoter charges that artist $500 to appear on the show for 30 people. He also goes back and charges nine additional people. [0:23:23](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1403s) Well, he just made about $5,000. This is a bill simply to protect the artist with integrity. When these intro or entry level artists start, they have a great perception that, "I want to do as well, get to as many audiences," et cetera. If the promoter is gonna provide an opportunity, it needs to be fair practices, like the Fair Practice Act of 1975. So this bill structures how the, the promoter should go about being fair. [0:23:57](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1437s) Number one, it should be a fair venue. Uh, in my city, we call them juke joints. There are only a few people that can fit in there. They're packed like sardines, and the artist is being taken advantage of. So it needs to be a fair venue. Uh, the ar- the promoter should tell the truth. "I'm gonna have you at the, at the Farm Arena. There, we're estimating 8,000 people. Um, in order to be on the show, I'm gonna go to your manager, and I'm gonna ask your manager if you want to open up for the show. [0:24:28](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1468s) Pay this fee." That does not go toward talent agencies or nonprofits. If a nonprofit says, "I'm gonna do a talent show," or, "I'm gonna do a small, um, uh, concert," that does not relate to them. We're talking about licensed promoters. So it's a simple bill dealing with protection and fair practices for the artist. [0:24:54](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1494s) Okay. Um, Representative G- uh, Carter. Thank you, Chairman, and good morning, my friend. Thank you for bringing this, uh, legislation. No. Uh, when I was reading it in the middle of the night, um, I was like, "Wow, this is great." So one of my children, uh, is in the music industry, and it just, I didn't understand why they were paying to perform. Um, and so, uh, I think you may have helped me with what's going on in this, and I, and it's ve- very much needed, to your point, especially with some of the young folk getting in the industry. [0:25:30](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1530s) Um, but why are, why would the performer pay the promoter to perform? The gentlelady knows of which she speaks. Now, when I was in the industry, back in the Salt-N-Pepa, Heavy D days- Mr. Chairman, don't ask me to perform. I won't. My, our manager or the promoter asked us to be on the show, and they contracted us to perform. [0:26:01](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1561s) The promoter or the manager usually contracts you to perform. Um, and so the industry's done a shift where they're taking advantage of a lot of young people. And with Georgia being in the forte of the entertainment industry, I don't know if y'all knew that Georgia is rising in entertainment in every genre. Um, this is a great bill to protect that artist. [0:26:26](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1586s) Well, thank you. And Chairman, at the appropriate time, I'd love to make the motion, but I know some other folk have some questions. Okay. We've got lots of other questions. Um, you might should've brought along a performer to sing, uh- ... to, to kind of promote this bill to this committee. I got it. I got it. I got it. I got lots of questions here. Yeah. Representative Efbrahim. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You touched on one thing that I'm very interested in hearing. You said licensed promoter. This, there was a situation that, well, it's happened multiple times back in where, where I live, um, at a venue, and there's a promoter that was, um, taking different people's money and then canceling the event and then not, not refunding the money, and they are not, uh, they're unsure of their recourse. [0:27:12](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1632s) So in Georgia, do we require a promoter to be licensed? They, and that, that is an accurate question. According to the municipality, especially s- the city of Savannah, they have to be licensed to actually- So it's according to the municipality? A- according to each municipality. They have a separate, you know, uh, uh, law in reference to the Department of Revenue. You register in the city of Savannah through the Department of Revenue. You have to be a licensed promoter/business registered in the city of Savannah. [0:27:45](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1665s) So it's, uh, let me, let me just make sure I'm clarifying, if I may, Chairman. Yes [0:27:50](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1670s) ... that's, that we don't have a state law for that, that in order to promote, you have to be licensed and bonded or whatever. Well, that's according to the municipality. So if our municipalities do not have a, a rules and regs for that, then anybody can promote and they can take your money and there's no recourse. Am I understanding that correctly? [0:28:08](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1688s) Until we pass this bill. [0:28:09](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1689s) Thank you so much. [0:28:11](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1691s) Thank you. Thank you so much. [0:28:12](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1692s) Uh, Representative Tyler, if you have a question. [0:28:15](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1695s) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm, I'm gonna ba- bounce off my colleague 'cause I'm, I'm still a little confused too. You said things are changing in the music industry to the point where the performer pays the promoter to perform. Is that part of a marketing... Y- and I heard you say in the beginning that they are trying to get themselves out there, get themselves known. So if the promoter makes, 'cause I'm sa- I'm u- using that 30 people analogy that, that you just used. If he's charging those 30 people $100 each to come, he's charged each performer $500 to perform, what is the reciprocation? [0:28:53](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1733s) There is none. What they've been doing is just charging them, and they're delighted to perform, and they're performing to a blank audience. Um, there is a, there was a birthday party from DaBaby I got invited to about two years ago in State Farm. That's gonna be a captive audience, thousands of people. But when you have the smaller venues and these promoters that are just charging, um, these artists with no promissory to an audience, um, that becomes a major issue. They're just making money. [0:29:25](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1765s) Mr. Chairman, if you will, if I could. [0:29:26](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1766s) You got it. Yeah. [0:29:27](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1767s) So this bill is going to require that all promoters have some type of certification or licensing before they can represent or go out and obtain performers? [0:29:37](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1777s) That's a part of fair practices. [0:29:39](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1779s) Okay. [0:29:39](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1779s) Um, they should, they should be a licensed, uh, promoter in their own municipality, have a business license, be, be legal. That's a part of the fair practices. Um, but the biggest thing is how they govern to, to charge those, those artists. Now, if they were a talent agency, then that pr- that talent agency, which is in inside here, it talks about talent agencies, nonprofits, et cetera- [0:30:01](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1801s) Mm-hmm [0:30:01](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1801s) ... they're gonna represent their artists. So they're gonna say, "We're gonna, I've got a show for you. This is no pay. This is a promotional show. I've got this amount of shows, and we're gonna pay you this." But that, but that artist is signed to that talent agency. [0:30:15](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1815s) I just wanna make sure that this bill covers the requirement that promoters have some type of licensing or certification in order to do what they do. [0:30:23](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1823s) Yes. [0:30:23](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1823s) Yes. [0:30:23](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1823s) Representative Taylor, I don't see anything in this bill about licensing or, um- [0:30:28](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1828s) It's, it's my concern [0:30:29](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1829s) ... uh, promoters. It is t- in my opinion, I'm not the lead counsel here, um, but I think it just, uh, uh, uh- [0:30:38](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1838s) Talks about protection [0:30:39](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1839s) ... addresses promoters. [0:30:41](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1841s) Yes. [0:30:41](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1841s) And, uh, I think that would be another, um, legislat- Line item 112. 1, 112? [0:30:50](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1850s) Okay. Okay. So it's, uh, only to licensed talent agencies. Um, so if they have not, if they're unlicensed, then you, you got big problems, I guess. But, um, anyway. [0:31:03](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1863s) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [0:31:04](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1864s) Thank y'all, committee me- members for looking at this. That's what we're having this hearing for. [0:31:10](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1870s) Um, got a couple other questions. [0:31:12](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1872s) Questions. Uh, Representative Cameron. [0:31:14](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1874s) Yeah. Good morning, Representative. Uh, have you run this past any of your connections in the entertainment business and gotten any feedback? [0:31:20](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1880s) A lot. [0:31:21](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1881s) Okay. [0:31:21](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1881s) And that's why we came up with the bill. So we, we've got House Bill 4645. Uh, sig- 464 last year, the, uh, Savannah Music Commission. Others like, uh, Brian Hudson and so many others in the music industry in Georgia, Matt Campbell and others, we have, uh, been talking to a lot of people. And that's why this bill is so important because when you look at the artists all over the state of Georgia, they're not getting their fair shake. And so, um, fair practices is really big because it kind of turns people off when you get taken advantage of. [0:31:52](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1912s) Um, and so this is why we came up with this bill. [0:31:55](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1915s) All right. Thank you. [0:31:56](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1916s) Thank you. [0:31:57](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1917s) Uh, Representative Camp. [0:32:00](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1920s) Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Representative, for bringing this bill. Um, just me looking over this, this bill, it looks more like a contractual relationship. Um, it, you don't specifically mention that the people have to be licensed, but licensure can be challenging because in every community there can be varying standards of licensure. I know in one of the municipalities that I represent, they want you to have a physical address, um, to become licensed. So I could be licensed, for example, I have a business in Concord, Georgia, and I'm registered with the Secretary of State's office for that. [0:32:33](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1953s) Um, I think it might be beneficial if you put some criteria, kind of going back to what the chairman was saying, on what would constitute licensed. You're licensed, you're a licensed LLC or S corp, you're a licensed, you have a business with a municipality within the State of Georgia. I think some of those criteria might clean this up a little bit because the terminology in here thus far looks more like a contractual, which I understand completely, because you certainly don't want individuals being taken advantage of, referencing fair trade practices. And, um, and I appreciate you bringing this bill. [0:33:06](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1986s) Um, in the city of Savannah, which you represent, is it challenging to get a business license, um, for something along these lines? What are the steps that somebody would have to take, for example? [0:33:18](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=1998s) No, the, the criteria is residency, um, projection on revenue, um, and then just the fair practices. When you do, uh, an event in the city of Savannah, you still... [0:33:34](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2014s) Um, and so it is regulated on what the city wants, requires from law enforcement, et cetera, et cetera. Those, those parables of everything that they require, that promoter has to, uh, adhere to. [0:33:47](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2027s) But Mr. Chairman, if I could follow up. So, but I wouldn't even be considered to have a venue to have a concert where I would be selling tickets unless I had a license somewhere, that that's what I... A business license. [0:34:00](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2040s) If, if you were a nonprofit- Um, or a talent agency or, um, even your church group having a concert, you would need to have a promoter's license for those events. And we do specify that in there about those nonprofits, et cetera. [0:34:14](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2054s) But if I'm doing this for money, I would have to have a license? Money I'm gonna put in my pocket, potentially. [0:34:19](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2059s) As, as a business, yes. [0:34:20](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2060s) All right. Thank you. [0:34:21](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2061s) Thank you. And let me say this, too. Um, to your point and to the committee's point, I am 1000% uh, receptive to get this right the first time to, uh, to add an additional line, uh, or an amendment about the protocol of the business, um, of the promoter having to be licensed in Georgia. I think, um, that will really consecrate this bill to protect those artists and to let those promoters do fair business. [0:34:53](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2093s) Thank you. Um, we've got a couple more questions. Uh, Representative Lewis-Ward. [0:34:59](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2099s) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, thank you for bringing this bill. My question is on, on line 46, where you describe or define what a promoter means. Um, it's my understanding that one promoter does not do everything. [0:35:13](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2113s) Mm-hmm. [0:35:13](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2113s) So in the case where, um, I'm promoting an event and just do marketing, is that a requirement, or you're asking for a requirement for that person to also have a license? [0:35:23](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2123s) No. The, the promoter... Back in the day, we had the advance man that went to set up everything. Um, they set up the venues, all the above. The promoter's, uh, job is to promote. So on that line, we talk about the markets, um, how they organize the event, all the above. Are they advertising, or did they tell you they were doing a show, they never put any advertisement for it? So no, the, if you are marketing as another entity that was contracted by that promoter, that's not your responsibility. It's solely the promoter's to do, to do fair practice, to do transparently what is he or she doing to promote the event versus charging someone to perform at a blank event. [0:36:05](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2165s) Thank you. [0:36:07](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2167s) Chairman Corbett. [0:36:10](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2170s) Thank, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, not a question, I just want to thank the author for bringing this. I think it's a good common sense piece of legislation. But my question to the members of the committee here, the ones that can spell much better than I, look on line 64, is rebuttable spelled correctly there? I... [0:36:31](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2191s) On line 64. [0:36:36](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2196s) No. [0:36:36](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2196s) So if, if we have a sub, we, we prob- we need to correct that maybe. But anyway, that's all I have. [0:36:45](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2205s) Thank you to the member. Reading is fundamental. [0:36:51](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2211s) Okay. Um, uh, this is first hearing on this bill, and I think, uh, we got, uh, some things to work on, on this bill, and we're gonna have another committee meeting, uh, early next week. We've got, uh, uh, Carter Barrett's bill that, um, is sitting in Rules that needs to be moved back to this committee for some, uh, adjustments as well. So, so we will have to have a hearing on that at a, a later date. And, uh, Representative Gilliard, maybe we can take some, um, some suggestions from this committee here this morning, and, uh, we'll have a- another look at this bill, uh, early next week, um, and, uh, hopefully get something that, uh, we can get passed. [0:37:33](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2253s) So thank you for this. Any other questions to the author, uh, about this bill? We're good. Thank you, uh, for being in the Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee. [0:37:44](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2264s) Thank you. [0:37:44](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2264s) Uh, is this your... This is your first, uh, visit. [0:37:47](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2267s) This is my, this is my first visit. Uh, all things are- [0:37:50](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2270s) Well, I hope it's not your last. [0:37:51](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2271s) It won't be my last one. In other words- [0:37:52](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2272s) We, we got a great committee here. [0:37:54](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2274s) Well, in the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger, we'll be back. [0:37:57](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2277s) And, uh, and a little later, you, we're not gonna give you a pecan pie yet, but you get one a little bit later. [0:38:03](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2283s) Thank you. [0:38:04](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2284s) That's, that's what you get coming to Ag Committee. You get to eat. [0:38:07](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2287s) I appreciate that. Well, thank you all so much, and we'll come back with those amendments. Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. [0:38:14](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2294s) Okay. We've got one other bill I want to hear, uh, this morning, a resolution. Um, and as I said, um, we passed Representative, uh, Barrett's bill, uh, the other day, and, uh, got over to Rules, and he, uh... It's a little mix-up, uh, between him and me about, uh, adding a friendly amendment. And so we're gonna move it back to committee, uh, hopefully add his amendment, and, uh, move it back out before crossover. Uh, so that's the, uh, status, uh, of, uh, HB1224, and I, um... [0:38:48](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2328s) So timing, um, is a little bit on that. So, um, a resolution, uh, 1416, um, is, uh, Chairman Goodman and I have been talking, um, over the course of the last few months, uh, as well as some other, um, agriculture, um, farmers and, and people throughout our state. Uh, we all know what a challenging, uh, ag economy, farm economy we have. [0:39:19](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2359s) Um, and, um, well, I guess I should turn it over to, um, um, Representative Meeks here to call the bill. Uh, and I will present, uh, HB, uh, 1416, uh, '21. [0:39:37](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2377s) Yes, sir. Uh, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, you have before us today House Resolution 1416. Uh, it's House Study Committee, House Study number 443465, if you'll, uh, talk through that and tell us what it's about. [0:39:53](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2393s) Thank you. Um, as I was stating, uh, we, we've got some real headwinds in our farm economy, and many on, on this, uh, panel, as well as throughout the capital, throughout our state, are very concerned about the future of agriculture, the profitability of it. And so Chairman Goodman and I were, uh, discussing about what we could do, uh, after this session's over. We're looking forward. We're doing some things this year. We did some great things last year to help our farmers, to help our farm economy. [0:40:25](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2425s) Ag, um, agribusiness, uh, very much affected all economy, uh, in rural Georgia. Anywhere we, uh, Georgia's largest ag, uh, largest, uh, business of agriculture. It's the lifeblood of our, uh, state economy, and, uh, we need to keep it strong and profitable and, uh, going forward. So, uh, just some, some things, uh, jotted down. Uh, you know, Georgia farmers lost about $800 million in 2025. [0:40:55](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2455s) Y'all, that's staggering. Um, um, you know, production costs have exceeded projected revenue the 11 out of the last 14 years. And US, uh, A had a 50 billion trade deficit in '25. Um, and, uh, the, the worst sta- statistic that I've seen is 42% of Georgia farmers considered suicide in the past year. Mental health of our farmers is, uh, deteriorating as their, uh, uh, as, as their, um, profitability has declined. [0:41:32](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2492s) And, uh, so many things are going, um, uh, against us in ag. And so we thought we would have a study committee to try to bring people across our state together, uh, for solutions, uh, not just to throw the problem out there. I think the problem is very well documented and understood, especially those of us in the industry, but we're really looking for solutions on a state level. And I know, as all of you know, uh, federal is a big part of this, and we on a state level, uh, other than traveling to Washington and, and talking to our congressmen and senators, um, are pretty limited. [0:42:10](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2530s) Uh, and, uh, we really look to federal. Uh, I know they're doing some great things for us, uh, for farms, for ag economy. Um, and, and, but on a state level, I think we've got to take another, another look. Uh, I know we're doing a great job in this state, uh, bringing in manufacturing, um, but we've got to do some things to, uh, help our ag and agribusiness, uh, in, in this state. And so hopefully over the course of the fall and summer, um, with this joint resolution, uh, joint study committee, uh, between the House and Senate, we can, uh, look to some experts, bring in, uh, and, and look for so- solutions. [0:42:53](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2573s) I'm a solutions-type guy, uh, uh, it, to... Uh, and I think this, um, legislature is willing to, um, to look at some out-of-the-box type things to help our, um, biggest, uh, industry in this state. So that is what this, um, resolution does. It's straightforward. Uh, a joint study committee, uh, nine members. Speaker of the House shall appoint three. Uh, the, uh, president of the Senate shall appoint three. [0:43:26](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2606s) And, uh, additional members, our great, uh, Commissioner of Agriculture, and I can't say enough good things about Tyler Harper. Uh, and, and by the way, keep him in your prayers. His, uh, grandmother, I think, passed away, um, yesterday or the day before. Um, and, uh, keep him and your, uh, family, his family in your prayers. But Commissioner Harper has done a yeoman's job, uh, traveling back and forth to Washington, engaging with all aspects of agriculture, uh, uh, to try to help our ag economy. [0:43:59](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2639s) And I, uh, thank you, Tyler, for, um, your tireless efforts on, on, on that behalf. And we've got many, many other organizations such as, uh, Georgia Agribusiness Council, the Informed Bureau, and Poultry and Livestock, and everybody in the world trying to pull to, to help, um, uh, in, in any way we can. But, uh, that's what this study committee is about. Um, and, um, I would like your, uh, consideration in passing this. [0:44:29](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2669s) We- The Senate's got one coming as well. We'll cross over and figure out, uh, which one to, uh, get to the governor's office. Um- [0:44:40](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2680s) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Any questions from the committee? Representative Cameron. Yeah, it's proper time. I'd like to make a, do a pass motion. All right. Just, just, just a moment. Uh, just a word to follow up. Obviously, Mr. Chairman, you are very well aware of the agriculture community, uh, its needs and, uh, where we are. We all on this committee believe that agricul- that, uh, food security is national security, and as the number one state in our indust- in our, number one industry in our state, that it's important that we all work together to come up with solutions. [0:45:11](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2711s) And, uh, and bringing this, this study committee forward will certainly help that. The chairman and I have talked about it, and, and, uh, do believe that we have some great opportunities in our state when it comes to agriculture. But, uh, we got to get to the table and figure out where we go from here. So with that, uh, Representative Cameron, recognize you for a motion. Do you recommend do pass. Second. [0:45:32](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2732s) Second. [0:45:33](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2733s) Have motion to second. Uh, any discussion? All those, uh, in favor say aye. [0:45:38](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2738s) Aye. [0:45:39](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2739s) Any opposed? Mr. Chairman, uh, House Resolution 1416 passes. [0:45:46](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2746s) Thank you, uh, Chairman Meeks. Um, any other, uh... W- with that, I think we're done with the business, um, of the, um, of the committee. Uh, thank you for your consideration this morning. Uh, be on the lookout, uh, for when we will have another, uh, meeting, um, to, uh, to look at a couple other bills. And, um, have a great day. Um- [0:46:10](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2770s) Thank you. [0:46:10](https://vimeo.com/1167901741#t=2770s) Uh, wait, let's see. We got the Rural Caucus lunch today, um, with Chair- Chairman Corbett. So, uh, thank you, Georgia Agribusiness Council, uh, board, for being here. Uh, have a great day. Thank you.