Senate Rules Committee, March 30, 2026 Video: https://vimeo.com/1177693144 (a timestamp t plays at https://vimeo.com/1177693144#t=s) Page: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-03-30/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. [0:23:56] We're gonna call this meeting to order. This is our Rules Calendar meeting for Friday, March 27th, 2026- ... in the year of our Lord. And today we will be setting the calendar for day 39 and- [0:24:16] 40 [0:24:16] ... day 40. Oh yeah, this is day... [0:24:19] No. [0:24:20] You're right. Sorry, sorry. But it is the year of our Lord. [0:24:23] Yes, it is. [0:24:25] Father [0:24:25] This is March 30th. Sorry, I was reading this, which another glitch, I guess. [0:24:30] That went correctly. [0:24:31] So anyway, before we get started, uh, do want to keep in our prayers, uh, our colleague, Senator Freddie Powell Sims, whose husband passed away last Thursday, and that funeral will be today at 11:00 AM. Uh, so some of our, uh, colleagues from the minority party, uh, most of which are, are gonna be at that funeral. So, um, amazingly enough, they've given me their picks, and I'll be handling those for them. [0:25:02] Um, and, uh, with that, uh, I'm gonna have my vice chairman lead us in our prayer. [0:25:12] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let's, uh, go to prayer, please. Uh, dear Lord, thank you for looking over each and every one of us, and especially remember, uh, Senator Freddie Powell Sims and her family, and how much respect we have for her for putting her family first. And please continue to bless us in our travels, and keep us, uh, mindful of the season that we're in. And, um, continue to bless us, uh, with our choices and our judgment, and help us, uh, remain calm and, uh, quiet and in your presence, uh, throughout these last few days. [0:25:47] Uh, in Christ's name I pray, amen. [0:25:49] Amen. [0:25:50] Very nice. [0:25:51] All right. So for some of us, it's our last Rules Committee meeting. Actually, probably last committee meeting for several of y'all. Could be our last Rules Committee for all of us. Uh, we are all on a two-year contract that can be terminated by our employer at any time. Um, anybody has questions on how that works, see Senator Albers. Um, but it can, you can also be reinstated at any time. [0:26:25] Also, see Senator Albers for that. [0:26:29] I'll be here all day. [0:26:32] And you got a good haircut. I like that. It looks good. [0:26:34] I was trying. [0:26:35] Almost as good as mine. So- [0:26:37] Thanks for noticing that [0:26:38] ... sign up for the Air Force. All right. All right. So we did have a couple late additions. They were, um... I'll, I'll go ahead and make note of those. HB187 and HB1027, they are not in order on your yellow sheet, but they are on your yellow sheet. They're both on page two, fourth from the top and fifth from the top, in non-sequential order. So they are available. [0:27:08] Now, first order of business, we're going to move some study committees. And keep in mind with study committees, for this year, or for this interim, that all study committees that are held at the Capitol will have to be in CLOB. This room will be under renovation, and Senate Mez will be under renovation. So CLOB is where you're meeting. Um, so we, we have SR432, SR482, SR533, SR545, SR553, SR610, SR789, SR890, SR925, SR927, SR952, and SR978 that all need a motion to move to the consent calendar. [0:28:07] Motion to second. [0:28:10] I've got a motion from my vice chairman. I got a second from the majority whip. Is there any further discussion? All in favor say aye. [0:28:19] Aye. [0:28:20] All opposed. All right, motion carries unanimous. Now, if you were here to present for a, uh, for a study committee and that was all you had, bailiff, um, you can leave now. We'll try to make some room. Now- [0:28:39] Nobody right now [0:28:40] ... next thing, order of business. I'm trying to expedite things here. We have some local legislation, uh, that had to go through as general bills because, uh, the senator was not, uh... the seat was vacant. And there are several of those. So I want y'all to go ahead and circle these on your yellow sheet, 'cause they will be on the floor either tomorrow or Thursday. [0:29:10] We've got HB1245, [0:29:15] and most of these are towards the back. That's last one on page seven. Go ahead and circle that. HB1317, [0:29:28] HB1523, [0:29:33] HB1526, HB1543, and HB1544. No action needs... I don't need a motion. That'll... But those are circled. Those will, will go on the calendar. So if you were here for local legislation to present, and that was all you had, you can leave now. Now on to the Yellow sheet. [0:30:07] Representative Green, you are recognized. [0:30:11] Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate that. [0:30:15] All right. Well, real quick, here's how we're gonna do this. Everybody's got 20 seconds. You gotta explain to this committee your problem, your solution, and be passionate about it so they will pick it. [0:30:31] 3, 1. [0:30:32] 20 seconds. If you go over, that's, that's usually a strike, so just keep that in mind. All right, 20 seconds, and my vice chairman's timing all these. [0:30:41] The top of page five, uh, House Bill 659. House Bill 659 simply adds optometry to the list of healthcare practitioners who have their loans forgiven if they practice in rural areas of Georgia. [0:30:55] All right. Good bill. Good job. [0:30:58] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, committee members. [0:31:00] Good carrier of that one. All right. [0:31:04] Good morning, Mr. Chairman. [0:31:04] Go for it. [0:31:05] HB 350 on page three to place infant safety devices in various places in the state of Georgia. HB 466 at the bottom of page three is, uh, to make the Marsh Tacky Horse and the Pineywoods Cattle heritage breeds, because these are going out of, uh, existence. They're trying to preserve those breeds. That's it. [0:31:24] 466. 350 and 466. [0:31:27] Yes, sir, Mr. Chairman. [0:31:28] All right. [0:31:29] Thank you. [0:31:29] Thank you. All right. Come on, Representative Taylor. [0:31:34] Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I bring you House Bill 291, the Community Health Worker Certification bill, and it's on the second page, halfway down. This will bring us, uh, additional helping hands in the healthcare arena, and it doesn't do any mandating of any particular cost or payment, just that they'll all be organized and we know what they're doing. It's a training program. [0:31:57] And 421. [0:31:59] Yes, I also have 421. Um, that is a simple bill about a child predator, and it adds five words, that if someone travels from another state to our s- our state, um, for the purpose of child molestation, that that's against the law. [0:32:12] Okay. Thank you. [0:32:14] Thank you. [0:32:16] All right. Representative Franklin. [0:32:19] Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I've got three bills to present to you today. The first one is on page one, House Bill 77, which I'm sure half the committee has memorized by now, but it's the funeral r- uh, um, procession bill. You just pull over on the side of the road to keep our law enforcement safe from getting hit by any vehicles. [0:32:40] All right. Next one. [0:32:41] The next one is House Bill 158. It's also on your first, uh, page, second from the bottom, and this is a, uh, in, in regards to commerce and trade. If you're doing business as in Georgia, then it goes into one, uh, database so that you don't have to go to a- every, uh, 159 counties to find the, the business. It just consolidates it more, it makes it more efficient, more effective. [0:33:01] What was that number again? [0:33:02] House Bill 158. [0:33:02] Senator Rhett was wondering. [0:33:04] 158. [0:33:05] All right. [0:33:09] All right, next. [0:33:10] Let's see. The next one I got is on page six, second from the bottom. Uh, House Bill 1132 is probably one I'm most proud of this session. It's, uh, in regards to Habitat for Humanity, and it allows a, uh, a tax, um, exemption for state and local taxes when they do, when they construct their businesses, I mean, uh, their houses, for, uh, construction material only. Um, it's a great bill, Mr. Chairman. [0:33:34] All right. No questions. Thank you. [0:33:36] Thank you, sir. [0:33:37] Representative Townsend. [0:33:39] Thank you, Chair. I have two, two bills. First, HB 970, bottom of page five. If you believe in helping high school kids or helping save their lives in the fall after, uh, they get their physicals, this is a Georgia High School Physical Bill. [0:33:51] Yeah. [0:33:51] This requires, uh, MDs, DOs, nurse practitioners, and physician's assistants to do those physicals, also- [0:33:58] We want [0:33:58] ... have a cardiovascular exam. [0:34:00] We want to see that. [0:34:01] Um, this is, uh, also supported by Georgia High School Association. HB 971, the Career Academy Bill, that's also on bottom of page five. This is where we talked about it's a win for everybody, guys. It's a win for public education, career academies. It builds a workforce in your neighborhoods and your communities. This helps private school kids, homeschool kids attend a career academy at no charge. School system gets to keep the QBE money. It's a win-win. [0:34:26] All right. Uh, everyone write in 975, HB 975 after 971. That was a oversight, and that's Townsend's. That's the, uh- [0:34:37] Yeah, 970 and 971. Yes, sir [0:34:39] ... right. So that's your physical on high school students for heart, heart physical. [0:34:46] It- it's cardiovascular. Yes, sir. [0:34:50] 970. [0:34:50] It was in Senator Watson's committee. That was 971. [0:34:51] Oh, it was 97. [0:34:53] 971. [0:34:53] 970, 971. [0:34:54] Yeah, 970 is the Georgia Sports Physical Bill, and the 971's the Career Academy Bill. [0:34:59] All right. I thought you said 975. [0:35:00] You did. [0:35:02] Okay. All right. Take 975 off your list. [0:35:06] Please do. No, just kidding. [0:35:07] I don't even know what it is. [0:35:09] Thank you. [0:35:09] All right. Thank you. [0:35:13] Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I have two bills to present today. My first bill, House Bill 413, it is not related to sawmills as the title indicates. It actually fixes a lot of issues with, uh, Georgia's new transfer on death deed law. Uh, that is, uh, middle of page three. Um, my second bill is, uh, House Bill 1434. It's, uh, on the top of page nine. Uh, this bill protects, uh, Georgia's general aviation airport infrastructure by protecting the airspace, uh, above these airports. [0:35:46] What number? [0:35:47] 1434. [0:35:49] Oh, okay. Too many numbers on here. Okay. [0:35:52] I'm pending your questions. [0:35:53] All right. No questions. [0:35:58] How we doing? [0:35:59] Good morning. I have two bills to present. HB 460, the problem is that prosecutors and law enforcement can listen to calls between lawyers and their clients while they're in the jail, and the solution is to stop that. Next one, middle of page eight, 1283, HB 1283. There are too many obstacles for survivors of abuse and rape to get out of their abusive situations. The solution is to create family justice centers throughout the state which are voluntary, that s- will save lives. [0:36:31] It'll save survivors' lives, it will save law enforcement lives, because domestic violence calls represent about 29% of the deaths to law enforcement. Thank you. [0:36:39] All right, I'll note Representative Payne has actually listened to my instructions. She stayed under 20 seconds. She gave us a problem and a solution. Just noted. [0:36:47] Ding, ding. [0:36:47] Thank you. I like it. Representative Hall, how are you? [0:36:54] Good. Good morning, Chairman and members of the committee. I have HB 1131 at the bottom of page six. This bill will allow for personal service of any warrant application hearings. Currently, they're being mailed, and many people are not receiving them, so. Um, in addition, it will allow individuals to post cash bonds, uh, for family members unlimited times per year. Then I have another bill, which is at the top of page seven, HB 1187. Proud to be carrying this on behalf of the governor. [0:37:24] It's Trace Law. It makes non-disclosure, uh, settlement agreements void in child sexual abuse cases. [0:37:31] Okay. [0:37:32] Thank you. [0:37:33] No questions. How's my chairman doing? Representative Dubnant. [0:37:39] Anytime I can be with you, it's always a good day, Mr. Chairman. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, the top, very top bill, page eight, House Bill 1259, this bill requires a minimum educational performance level for an LEA to serve out of school, out of district students through a locally approved virtual school. [0:37:58] Did you say minimal? [0:37:59] Minimum. [0:38:02] Someone like me likes minimum education requirements. So, any questions? All right, hearing none. You good? [0:38:13] Good morning, Chairman, uh, committee members. I'm presenting House Bill 310. It's at the top of page three. Uh, addresses our growing teacher shortage across the state through a targeted pilot program that provides grants to our student teachers going through their unpaid student teaching semester and, uh, an additional incentive to keep them in state teaching at Georgia public schools. [0:38:37] Okay. [0:38:37] Thank you. [0:38:38] No question. Representative Rice. [0:38:42] Good morning. I have House Bill 52. It's the third on the first page. And what this bill does is guarantee homestead exemption to the un-remarried spouses of disabled veterans. [0:38:53] All right. Thank you. [0:38:54] Thank you. [0:38:55] Representative Camp. [0:38:58] Mr. Chairman, I like your new haircut. [0:38:59] Thank you. [0:39:01] You're very welcome. All right, so the first bill I have is HB 948, is on page five, and this bill, uh, there have been times where excess funds have existed after a foreclosure, and- [0:39:12] Yes [0:39:13] ... unfortunately, the borrowers do not, not always know how to get these funds back. This solves that problem, HB 948. Uh, the next bill I have is on page six. It's HB 1061, also known as the Mandy Ballinger Act. We, um, in the Senate it was perfected. We added two additional, um, sheriff's representatives to the committee, and what this does is it forms an implementation committee to raise the age for non-violent 17-year-olds to be adjudicated through the juvenile system. [0:39:43] Okay. [0:39:44] And then the last bill I have is HB 1409. Unfortunately, mandated reporters in our state currently, uh, it's on page eight, I'm sorry, um, do not always know, um, the outcome of situations when they report abuse and neglect. This is gonna be a more transparent system. So it updates the mandated reporting system in its entirety, and also changes some reporting guidelines so there's more accountability and more trans- trans- [0:40:11] Transparency [0:40:14] There you go. [0:40:15] Transparency. [0:40:15] Transparency. It's been a morning. [0:40:18] I understand. All right, no questions. [0:40:21] Thank you. [0:40:21] Representative McDonald. [0:40:24] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, standing in line, I noticed that Senate rules hair is a lot better, those, than those that are in House rules, so y'all, I noticed that going along the line. [0:40:32] Thank you. [0:40:32] So, um- [0:40:33] Lots of hair comments today [0:40:34] ... uh, today, I've got, uh, House Bill 1022. It's kind of a ghost bill, because it's not on the yellow sheet. But it was a combined, got out of public safety at the end of last week, and it combined a bunch of bills, um, making electronic window tinting illegal. It also, uh, Chairman Bearden added, the, made us, aligned us with, uh, Florida, bringing us from 32% down to 28%. Uh, and then the last part of it's the mile a month. Every mile you run from the Georgia State Patrol or the Capitol Police or, uh, commercial vehicle enforcement, it's a mandatory month in jail. [0:41:05] Okay. Thank you. You just made it. [0:41:09] Is that on the second? Thank you. [0:41:10] Oh. Representative Lamb, how are you? [0:41:13] I'm doing well. How are you? [0:41:14] Great. [0:41:15] Great. So I am here presenting House Bill 1161. It's at the top of page seven. This attempts to make our traffic stops safer by stating that, uh, when you are stopped by an emerg- uh, excuse me, by a law enforcement vehicle, you should pull to the right if safe to do so. It harmonizes our existing, with our existing law on passing emergency and traffic vehicles, and then it also has Representative McDonald's fleeing language, which, without changing, uh, minimum or maximum, clarifies the standard for fleeing from Department of Public Safety, creating c- more consistent outcomes. [0:41:45] All right. I think you missed the memo on 20 seconds, but... Did we say 20 or 30? [0:41:51] I think we said 20. [0:41:52] 20. [0:41:52] I apologize. [0:41:53] All right. You were close, though. [0:41:54] 19. [0:41:54] All right. Representative Anderson, come on. [0:41:57] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I've got three bills. I'll just go in the order they are on the page. Page two- Fourth from the top, House Bill 1027. This, uh, allows MEAG members to enter into electric sales contracts up to 20 years. It's a rate payer protection bill. And, uh, working with the Regulated Industry Senate Committee, we actually strengthened that. [0:42:19] All right, next. [0:42:20] Uh, the bottom of that page, second from the bottom, House Bill 297. This is the Georgia Transportation Efficiency Act that, uh, worked with the, uh, majority leader in the Senate on. And then, uh, page four, fifth from the top, House Bill 521. This deals with certain, uh, de-annexation and annexation issues, and, uh, it's kind of a cleanup from some things we've done over the last three or four years. [0:42:48] All right. Thank you. [0:42:49] Thank you. [0:42:50] No questions. All right. Come on up. [0:42:57] Good morning, Mr. Chairman- [0:42:58] Good morning [0:42:58] ... and good morning, members of the committee. I'm presenting to you House Bill 334. It's on page three, the third from the top. This is legislation that's going to address two important health issues. The first being respiratory syncytial virus, giving educational information to parents so they are better aware of the virus. And section 2 would require the Department of Community Health to do an annual review on medications and treatments available for people impacted by sickle cell. [0:43:26] All right. No questions. [0:43:28] 334. [0:43:30] Oh, one question. That's a standard question. All right. Thank you. [0:43:35] Thank you. [0:43:36] Good job. Representative Wade. [0:43:41] Chairman, committee members, I'm here to, uh, request three bills. Uh, first bill is on page three, House Bill 419. This is the, uh, Promise Scholarship and GOSA cleanup language. Um, and then on page four- [0:43:54] 419 [0:43:54] ... four, HB 419. The description on the page doesn't match. Uh, Representative Hawkins worked with the governor's office on, uh, this cleanup for Promise and GOSA. [0:44:06] So the description and the representative don't match? [0:44:09] Um, the representative does not match, but I think it is still his bill. He gave permission, and Bo will be carry- Bo Hatchett, Senator Hatchett will be carrying it in the Senate. [0:44:18] Okay. [0:44:18] He's not here today. Uh- [0:44:19] What else? [0:44:20] House Bill 646. Uh, I believe your office received a letter from Representative Stinson. Due to the events of last week, she was unable to be here today. Uh, we're still praying for that family, but this is for the coroner's bill, uh, House Bill four s- 646. And then last, top of page six, House Bill 1001, which is cutting the income tax down to 4.99%. Happy to answer any questions on all three. [0:44:47] No questions. Thank you. [0:44:47] Thanks, sir. [0:44:49] Representative Barrett. [0:44:52] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, House Bill 634 is on page four on the yellow sheet. House Bill 634 improves the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program by finally addressing problems parents, schools, and the department have identified over the years. One of the big problems it fixes is to authorize the Georgia Department of Education to fix incorrect scholarship amounts so families can get what they're finally en- uh, entitled to receive. HB 634 is non-controversial, has no opposition, has passed the House unanimously twice in the past three years. [0:45:21] You got any other bills? [0:45:22] Uh, no, sir. That's it. [0:45:23] Okay. [0:45:23] Thank you. [0:45:24] No questions. [0:45:27] Representative Holcomb. [0:45:28] Good morning, Mr. Chairman- [0:45:29] How are you? [0:45:29] ... and members of the committee. I present House Bill 892. It's on page five. Um, this measure would limit the hour of massage parlors to address human trafficking. There are illicit massage parlors that are open 24 hours a day, and those are places of human trafficking, and there are no le- legitimate places that are open those hours, so this would limit the hours accordingly. [0:45:48] All right. [0:45:49] Thanks. [0:45:49] No questions. Representative Gullett. [0:45:53] Thank you. Have two bills. Uh, House Bill 256, page two. Uh, this revises the f- foster parent's bill of rights. Uh, it also is, riding along with it, is SB 525, which, uh, grants access to court proceedings. Second bill is page nine, House Bill, uh, 1432. Um, this provides for vacancies for the Georgia Public Defender's, uh, Council Oversight, Legislative Oversight Commission. Uh, additionally, it's includes the Stephanie Colquitt Sherman Act of 2026, which keeps rape kits for 30 years. [0:46:28] What was the bill before that you mentioned? [0:46:30] 256. [0:46:31] And then 14... [0:46:33] 14, page nine. [0:46:35] 32. [0:46:35] 1432. [0:46:36] There we go. All right. Thank you. [0:46:38] Thank you. Thank you. [0:46:39] All right. Representative Hilton. [0:46:41] Three bills, 20 seconds. Let's go. Top of page two, H- House Bill 169, small business tax credit if they contribute to the employee's HRA plan. Top of page four, House Bill 506. It's cheaper to run for governor than to pay your EMS bill. Surprise billing. And number three, House Bill 1290, page eight, provides sexual, uh, uh, protections for sexual abuse against elders and the Epstein amendment. [0:47:06] Almost made it. [0:47:08] Golly. [0:47:08] But you did good. [0:47:10] Thank you, sir. [0:47:11] What was the last one? [0:47:12] 1290. [0:47:13] 1290, 506, 169. [0:47:15] 1290. Okay. Got it. Thank you. Representative Crow. [0:47:20] Morning, sir. [0:47:21] Morning. [0:47:21] Uh, House Bill 1075, five down on page six. This bill was originally, uh, Representative Chastain's. He was gracious enough to let me borrow it. Um, this bill would cause the fourth of, uh, conviction of a violation of Title 16, Chapter 5 or Chapter 6 misdemeanors to become a felony. So a type of habitual violator law for persons who continue to break the laws of crimes against persons or sex crimes. [0:47:46] All right. No questions. [0:47:47] All right. Thank you. [0:47:48] Thank you. Representative Bonner. How are you? [0:47:51] I'm great. How you doing today? [0:47:53] Great. [0:47:54] Great to be here. Uh, two good, uh, veteran bills. First on page four, House Bill 632, a request to the Department of Veteran Services, clarifies an existing benefit for our disabled veterans related to payment of occupational tax. Second bill's on page six. House Bill 1087 just says that if you're a disabled veteran, you make improvements to your home to accommodate that disability, you do not pay the permit fees. [0:48:19] Mr. Chairman. [0:48:20] That's the clock. [0:48:22] Mr. Chairman. [0:48:24] All right. Uh, Senator Ginn, you have a question. [0:48:26] Yeah. Uh, representative, does the bill spell out that the disabled veteran has to have a, a military service disability or can it be any disabled veteran? Because they could've gotten, you know, disabled the, a motorcycle accident when they got home. And, you know- [0:48:43] Yeah [0:48:43] ... which way does that work out? [0:48:44] Th- th- this is, uh, they go through the Department of Veteran Services to certify that disability, just as they would for any other benefit. [0:48:51] Okay. [0:48:51] You, if, uh, if- [0:48:53] The you- [0:48:53] ... the way it works with the VA, you're, you're either a disabled veteran or not, which you either have a service disabled dis- you have a service disability or you don't. [0:49:03] Yeah. [0:49:04] It's c- it's pretty clear. [0:49:05] I- I- the, uh, I know you're disabled yourself, so, then yeah. [0:49:08] 20%. [0:49:09] Yeah. Thank you. Appreciate your service. [0:49:11] Mm-hmm. [0:49:12] Thank you. [0:49:14] All right. Leader Estration, how are you? [0:49:17] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Great. Hope y'all are, um, top of page six or third down page six, HB1023. This is, uh, the, a school safety measure require weapons detection systems in all Georgia public schools. [0:49:31] Is there money with it? [0:49:32] There is in the budget. I know the budget's still being worked out right now. [0:49:35] Mm. [0:49:36] But there's $166 million in the budget which I'm hopeful will stay in. I wanna thank Chairman Albers for the work in his committee on this bill. [0:49:44] All right. Any other questions? No other questions. Thank you. [0:49:48] Thank you. [0:49:51] Representative Seabaugh. [0:49:53] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, bringing you a governor's bill, 1129. It's on page six, two step from the bottom. This updates Georgia's enterprise zones and redevelopment tools for the state. [0:50:06] All right. [0:50:07] Also have, uh, 1415. It's on page nine. It, um, secures the original property boundaries for Stone Mountain Park. [0:50:16] All right. No questions. Thank you. [0:50:18] Thank you. [0:50:20] Representative Hagen. [0:50:23] Good morning. I have on the bottom of page four, House Bill 657. It, originally, this was a bill that establish, and it still is, a bill that establishes definitions and guidelines for Georgia's recovery community organizations. But it now also incorporates Senate Bill 440, which is a DPH department bill. [0:50:44] All right. [0:50:44] And then I have on the bottom of page six, House Bill 1142. This is a public safety measure that creates a repeat domestic violence offender registry for Georgia to be maintained by the GBI. I think this is a, a great companion bill to Senator Still's bill, uh, creating the animal abuse database. So that's it. [0:51:12] No questions. [0:51:13] Thank you. [0:51:13] Great job. Representative Clifton. [0:51:19] Good morning. I have House Bill 309 on the bottom of page two. Um, this is a county law enforcement bill. Uh, it requires that how county law enforcements are created if they want to, um, if a county wants to get rid of them, you do it the same way you create it. Um, we also have a, um, plan review bill that's been, uh, added on top of this, along with a, um, moratorium, let's see, let me say that a little differently. [0:51:49] Um, i- if a county has allowed a project to be cleared and approved, uh- [0:51:55] All right, any questions? I'm helping you out. [0:51:59] That's all right. Thank you. [0:51:59] I don't want you to get a strike. Anything else? [0:52:01] I do. [0:52:01] You got another bill? [0:52:02] 957. [0:52:03] What is it? [0:52:03] Um, this is the, what I hope the umpteenth time hearing and I pray the last time, the mini truck bill. [0:52:09] Oh, it'll be the last time. [0:52:10] I appreciate that, sir. [0:52:11] Regardless of what happens. [0:52:13] Ooh. We gotta, we gotta kill it to, to, for it doesn't come back, or prove it. Uh- [0:52:19] All right [0:52:19] ... lastly, we have, um, 676, which is my frivolous lien bill. [0:52:24] What number is that again? [0:52:25] 676. Both those are on page five. [0:52:27] Yeah. [0:52:27] 676 at the top. [0:52:28] All right. [0:52:28] 957's on the bottom. [0:52:30] All right. Thank you. [0:52:31] Thank you. [0:52:34] How's it going? [0:52:36] All right. Representative Adina. Uh, my HR number 1670 isn't on the yellow sheet. I presented in rules last week. [0:52:44] HR 1670. [0:52:45] But just wanted to, it's called the G, Georgia Rescue Initiative. [0:52:51] I am with you. [0:52:52] 1670. [0:52:53] Hold on. Was that a study committee? [0:52:56] Not even right. [0:52:59] You sure that number's right? [0:53:01] Yes. [0:53:02] It's not- [0:53:02] It's not on your yellow sheet, but I, it was on the other sheet last week [0:53:04] ... it's not on, it's not on the general calendar either. [0:53:06] Oh, well it's- [0:53:07] It's, it's not in, it's not on the Senate Rules Committee. [0:53:10] Ah. [0:53:10] Period. [0:53:11] It was- [0:53:11] Excuse me. He presented in house rules. [0:53:14] Did you present it in house rules? [0:53:15] Yes, I did. [0:53:16] All right, I would go back to house rules and present it there again. [0:53:19] Okay. [0:53:19] This is Senate Rules. [0:53:21] All right. Thank you. [0:53:22] I can't pass house rules- [0:53:25] I appreciate it. Thank you [0:53:25] ... uh, bills. It'd be great if I could. 'Cause I got a couple over there I'd like to get out. [0:53:34] Representative Carpenter, how are you, my friend? [0:53:35] I'm good, sir. [0:53:37] What- [0:53:37] Fifth page, fi- uh, 689, a bill to allow DCA to help prevent homelessness. Obviously, homelessness is a big issue. It's cheaper to deal with it on the front side than the back side. [0:53:49] All right. Thank you. Is that what you came in last week about? [0:53:52] Yeah. [0:53:52] All right, we made it. [0:53:55] We did. [0:53:55] You got somebody to take it? [0:53:57] Uh, nope. Maybe one of y'all like it [0:54:00] Somebody may be bluffing over there. [0:54:02] Is this your first bill? [0:54:05] Get out of the way, Bill. [0:54:06] Good morning. [0:54:06] Representative Monaghan. [0:54:07] Hey, good morning. I got House Bill 187, which are vehicle value protection agreements problem. Consumers can't protect equity like a lender can protect their loan. With gap insurance solution, House Bill 187 will allow consumers to protect their equity value with a gap-like insurance. I have another bill. [0:54:23] What you got? [0:54:24] Okay, House Bill 792. It's not on your sheet, but it's, uh, been absorbed by Senator Bearden. He's riding on that one. Uh, I really don't know what it does, but it has to do with online fraud. Seems like a great bill. The problem is that we don't have the bill, and the solution should be to pass the bill. [0:54:39] Okay. [0:54:39] Good one. [0:54:39] Thank you. Senator Payne, did you have something? [0:54:44] Yes. [0:54:45] Go ahead. [0:54:48] Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee. I, I'm asking for House Bill t- 629. It's on four, page four, halfway down. This bill is about two things, saving lives in our schools and protecting our t- teachers' time. First, on school safety, this legislation modernizes emergency preparedness by expanding protocol beyond cardiac events to include severe bleeding emergencies. Secondly, the bill p- protects educators by ensuring duty-free lunch and planning time which cannot be waived. [0:55:15] All right. No questions. Or do we have a question? No, no questions. Thank you. Senator Burns, you got something? [0:55:21] Yep. Real quick. [0:55:24] Shaw, are you in line? [0:55:26] I have Senate Bill, uh, 628. The problem is that currently, uh, Richmond County, Augusta, has a weak form of administrator, and this is a opportunity for the citizens to vote on whether or not they should have a stronger county manager form of government. Appreciate your concern. [0:55:42] 628. [0:55:42] 628. [0:55:42] First on the page. [0:55:44] First page, first one. [0:55:46] Yep. [0:55:46] Thank you. [0:55:47] All right. Chairman Shaw. Blackmon. [0:55:52] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On page 6, 1116, just, uh, some good taxpayer-friendly measures that Chairman Hufstetler and I have, have worked together to, to come together on. [0:56:01] All right. [0:56:01] Thank you, sir. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. [0:56:03] Thank you. Maybe. Maybe not. Only, uh... Oh, Senator Harbin, did you have something? [0:56:14] Do you have that one, sir? [0:56:15] You can stop it now. [0:56:16] Thank you. [0:56:16] HB 87- [0:56:18] 87 [0:56:18] ... is a insurance bill that shows the tax that w- the consumer pays the state, and also, if they're on a percentage deductible, it shows the dollar amount. [0:56:28] Senator Rhett, you had a question. [0:56:30] What number was that? [0:56:32] 87. [0:56:32] 87. HB 87. Thank you. [0:56:40] All right, is there anyone else out there? Okay, we've covered everything else, unless y'all wanna go through them again. [0:56:49] No. [0:56:50] All right. Well, let's get rolling. All right, keep in mind... Oh, you got a question? [0:56:59] Yeah. Um, I don't know where this would show up at. We had a, uh, science caucus we'd set up. Does that come on automatically or just- [0:57:05] A science caucus? [0:57:06] Yeah. See, it was SR 851. [0:57:09] It's right next to the denim shirt caucus. [0:57:14] Your vice-chairman was my co-sponsor of it. [0:57:17] What's the, what's the number? [0:57:19] SR 851. It was... I know you did the study committees. That's not really a study committee, but we're setting up a caucus. [0:57:25] 851. I tell you what, we will... When we... We're gonna pick some, and then we're coming back after lunch, and we're gonna do a, uh, supplemental, if you will. It's not technically a supplemental, but... That was still in ethics. Oh, that one actually never came out of ethics. [0:57:47] Oh, it didn't? [0:57:48] So you may wanna- [0:57:50] It just has to get through by ethics. [0:57:52] I thought ethics did. I'm sorry. [0:57:53] Yeah, you did. [0:57:54] Well, let me rephrase it. It's not in rules. [0:57:57] Okay. [0:57:58] It's not in Senate rules. It's not on the general calendar. [0:58:00] It doesn't have to go through rules. It just has to go through [0:58:04] Everything has come through, [0:58:13] doesn't it? [0:58:18] We voted that one out. [0:58:20] Looking into it. [0:58:21] I'm not in a caucus. [0:58:21] It's not in rules, so call your senator. [0:58:26] Okay. [0:58:29] What are you doing? I'm glad somebody picked up on that. [0:58:34] Oh. [0:58:34] All right. All right, here's the deal. I have a few ding-dings. We're gonna get, um, two picks a piece. For my, uh, committee members that are attending the funeral of, um, Senator Freddie Powell Sims's husband, I have their picks. I will make it, I will make theirs for them at the approp- when it's their turn. Um, so two picks. [0:59:07] Ding-dings, we're just gonna go ahead and, uh, you'll, we'll come back to them at the end. All right, you'll get your pick on the, on the back end. Does that, everybody understand what we're doing here? Is there any questions? All right, and when we come back, for bills that did not get picked, I'm gonna come up with some way to let the committee decide one or two more. So good luck. [0:59:39] Very kind of you, Mr. Chairman. [0:59:40] Yes, very kind. I'm a kind person. Just remember that next year when I'm science and technology chairman. [0:59:57] A caucus anyway. [0:59:59] Huh? [0:59:59] You'll have your own caucus anyway. [1:00:00] Well, yeah, I could... Actually, yeah, that's not a b- They'll have a, they will have a caucus Well, Science and Technology now comes with its own caucus. If that thing got out of ethics, we're gonna have to run it down- ... after Senator Hostetler calls his senator. All right, let's get going. All right, we're gonna start at the top. Oh, oh, oh, by the way, if you'll notice, everyone has this. It was your, uh, motion to table remaining legislation that you did on, what was that, Thursday? [1:00:36] Friday. Friday. So, if you voted yes, now is your chance to repent. Senator Cowsert, you're recognized this time. [1:00:48] Mr. Chairman, once I realized the ramifications of my vote, I went down to the secretary of the Senate and I changed my vote on the floor. It just doesn't show, but I'm with you. [1:00:57] All right. [1:00:59] I was with Mr. Chairman Cowsert. [1:01:00] Noted. Noted. [1:01:01] Yeah. [1:01:03] Senator Albers, do you have s- would you like to publicly- [1:01:06] Yes [1:01:06] ... confess? [1:01:07] I, I was right behind Chairman Cowsert, following his lead. [1:01:09] All right. All right. Noted. Uh, anyone else? This could have bearing on how many picks you get. [1:01:19] It's not too late, Chairman. [1:01:20] It's not too late. Se- Senator Ginn. [1:01:24] I, I, I ran out of the hall, I looked at my colleague to my left, and, and, uh, you know, h- he was now to my right, said, "He's, he's, he's repented and I have as well." So, you know- [1:01:34] Noted [1:01:34] ... I'm trying to- [1:01:34] You get a check mark. Oh. Oh, we got, you know, we got the floodgates open here. [1:01:41] Mr. Chairman, if you remember, there was another bill that I had a malfunction on my machine. It was voting yes when it was supposed to vote no. Remember that? [1:01:49] Noted. Noted. Noted. All right. [1:01:52] I got a question. Was yes good or bad on this one? [1:01:54] Yes was bad. You d- you've- [1:01:55] I- [1:01:55] ... undermined the authority. [1:01:58] Tabling was bad. Okay. Well- [1:01:59] When I said an order, I expect that order to stay [1:02:02] ... you're sure [1:02:03] So you're repenting? [1:02:04] Absolutely. [1:02:05] All right. This actually has no bearing on what we're doing, so- So y'all can just, uh, all publicly... We'll, we'll just pretend you did. All right, moving on. Just thought I'd have fun with y'all one last time before I go chair my new caucus. [1:02:26] Yeah, that's funny. [1:02:29] All right. And before we do, I do wanna recognize, um, all the people that have helped this year and every year that I've been chairman. Um, first and foremost, Mercedes Benitez, thank you for all your help. You have truly kept this train on the rails, and I appreciate that. Uh, we got Jack Tripp, Natalie Simpson, and the entire Secretary of the Senate's office, thank y'all for all you do. [1:03:01] Y'all do great work. [1:03:05] Again, they don't just keep this committee on track, they keep every committee on track, inc- including the Committee of the Whole, which is the entire Senate. So, um, and we know we're about to create a lot of work with y'all, for y'all over these next couple days, so thank y'all. Uh, Senate press, we've got Jackson Fuentes and Ethan Mulinour. Thank y'all. Did I say it right? [1:03:35] All right. And out of Office of Policy and Legislative Analysis, we have Haley Williams. Haley, thank you. [1:03:45] And Leg Counsel, Betsy Harrelson, but all the leg counsel, 'cause they, uh, they do great work. And then two very special guests to me and to Mercedes, we have, uh, we've had the pleasure of through the years having great interns, but this year, um, they have really truly gone above and beyond. So I've got, uh, Maya and Betsy. Are they even here? [1:04:10] They're sitting out front on lunch. [1:04:12] Oh, they're getting lunch ready for you. But, um, Ma- Betsy and Maya have been great, uh, great for our office, and have, have truly been a blessing to work with, so we appreciate their help. [1:04:22] What about your bailiff? [1:04:23] Uh, my bailiff, well, he's still interning. So we'll see how he does. He might get hired. If he can open that door right now in one try... Oh, wow, okay. Okay. All right, you're hired. And my bailiff, Ronnie Chance. All right, let's pick some bills. All right, this is gonna be a little slow. Jackson, you work the microphones for me, and I'm going to... [1:04:54] We're gonna start at the top with the president pro tem. I need those. [1:04:59] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to pick House Bill 1344, Good Insurance Reform Package. [1:05:04] 1344. [1:05:12] All right. [1:05:16] All right, so- [1:05:19] Time for the ladies. [1:05:22] All right, we'll do that later. All right, uh, Leader Anavitarte. [1:05:27] House Bill 297. [1:05:32] 297. All right, we're coming out hot. [1:05:38] Ooh. [1:05:38] That's what I'm talking about. [1:05:40] Hold the plot pickings. [1:05:45] Just wait. [1:05:46] I'm comfortable. [1:05:47] All right, uh, Leader Jones has requested HB334. [1:06:01] I know the dean of the Senate has put a lot of work on that through the years. All right, my vice chairman. [1:06:13] House Bill 1393. [1:06:15] 1393. [1:06:24] Man, we're doing good today. [1:06:26] Ooh. [1:06:26] 1393. [1:06:32] So actually, I think we'll do that for that. All right. Now, we got the dean of the Senate, and he has requested 1413. [1:06:54] All right. That was 1413. All right. Senator Cowsert. [1:07:02] I'll go with House Bill 1263. [1:07:05] 1263. [1:07:15] 1263. [1:07:19] Hey, now we're talking. [1:07:21] All right. Senator Robertson. [1:07:24] I'm gonna take a shot in the dark here. Um, 1116. [1:07:29] 1116. [1:07:40] Ooh, good job. All right. We've got the minority whip would like 689, HB 689. [1:07:59] Okay. Uh, Senator Gooch, does anybody have his picks? [1:08:06] Of course. Sure. [1:08:09] Actually, he sent me those too. So- [1:08:13] I can upgrade them [1:08:14] ... we'll come back to him. Actually, no we won't. He wanted [1:08:21] 445. [1:08:26] Not a ding ding, though. All right. Senator Dolezal. [1:08:32] SR882. [1:08:35] SR882. [1:08:36] Top of the first page. [1:08:44] Okay. Senator Rhett. [1:08:48] HB 460, champion. [1:08:52] 4? [1:08:52] 6-0. [1:08:54] 460? [1:08:55] Yes, sir. [1:08:55] Okay. [1:09:02] 460. All right. Senator Ginn. [1:09:04] Uh, on page two, out of order, but, uh, HB 1027. [1:09:09] 1027. [1:09:10] Fourth from the top. [1:09:12] Okay. Senator Kirkpatrick. [1:09:17] House Bill 1187, Mr. Chair. [1:09:23] 1187. Trey's Law. [1:09:27] Is that a ding ding, Mr. Chair? [1:09:30] Not at this time. Senator Anderson. [1:09:37] Of the league. [1:09:39] Oh, man. [1:09:44] I thought we were talking about the other Senate guy. [1:09:44] Well, there is another one. [1:09:45] Let's go with- [1:09:45] Just not on this committee [1:09:46] ... let's go with, um, House Bill 770. [1:09:52] 770? [1:09:54] No, 770. [1:09:56] 77. Okay. 77. [1:10:03] All right. [1:10:08] Man. [1:10:08] Might have been a pity ding ding. He been back so much. Senator Hufstetler. [1:10:15] House Bill- [1:10:15] Chairman of the Denim Shirt Caucus and Science Caucus. [1:10:19] Yes. House Bill 1001. [1:10:24] 001. [1:10:24] Top of page six. [1:10:32] Okay. Good one. Senator Dixon. [1:10:37] Um, [1:10:41] HB 309. [1:10:43] HB 309. [1:10:55] 309. Y'all are doing very good today. I'm proud of y'all. Normally, y'all fail miserably at this. Senator Williams. [1:11:07] Senate Bill 628. [1:11:10] Let me guess. Six what? [1:11:14] 2-8. [1:11:15] First one. [1:11:16] First one. I'm sorry. Senate Bill 628, and it's not a funeral home or cemetery bill. [1:11:23] How about that? [1:11:24] You feel okay? [1:11:25] Yes, sir. [1:11:26] Everything all right? [1:11:27] We're good. [1:11:28] All right. Just making sure. [1:11:30] Been outside in your barn. [1:11:31] Yep. [1:11:35] Senator Albers. [1:11:37] To, uh, page five, House Bill 964, please. [1:11:41] 964. [1:11:43] Is that a new one? That could be a ding ding. [1:11:46] You were very close. [1:11:47] Oh. [1:11:48] So close. All right. Senator Still. [1:11:53] House Bill 506 is different than the description, but, uh- [1:11:58] Um- [1:11:58] ... that's our ambulance bill [1:12:00] ... 06. All right. [1:12:08] Well done. [1:12:09] Is this the same bill you already had? [1:12:10] Basically. They substituted. [1:12:14] It really is. I didn't feed these. All right. Back to the top. President Pro Tem. [1:12:23] Um, let's do House Bill 1434. [1:12:30] 1434. [1:12:39] Okay. [1:12:43] Leader Anavitarte. [1:12:48] There's so many interesting choices, Chairman. Let's do, um- [1:12:53] Oh my God. It's cold in here [1:12:56] ... House Bill 432. [1:13:01] 432. [1:13:03] Kingfish. [1:13:04] Okay. Is that the turkey one? [1:13:08] Yes, sir. [1:13:09] All right. All right, next is be Leader Jones. He wants 419. [1:13:26] Okay. [1:13:30] Next up, my vice chairman. [1:13:33] Oh, uh, House Bill 1209. [1:13:38] 1209. [1:13:48] Oh, double. [1:13:49] Double dinger. [1:13:50] Doubled twice in a row. [1:13:53] All right, uh, next would be the dean, and he wants 283. [1:14:11] Okay. [1:14:14] Senator Cowsert. [1:14:20] We'll go with House Bill 1161, top of page seven. [1:14:25] 1161. [1:14:33] Ooh, boy. Man, I gotta start some researching here. [1:14:37] Double dinger. Senator Robertson. [1:14:41] Let's do, um, House Bill 267 for my good friend, Floor Leader. [1:14:51] 267. [1:14:58] All right. Now, Senator Jackson, she wants 1161, which is already picked, so we'll go next. I think 310 has been picked. Has it? [1:15:17] What'd she pick? [1:15:18] 310. [1:15:19] 310. [1:15:21] Okay. 310. All right, and then Senator Gooch wanted [1:15:35] 1413. [1:15:41] It's already picked. [1:15:43] Is it? [1:15:43] Yes, sir. [1:15:47] Yeah. All right. Well, he'll come back with his other pick. Uh, Senator Dolezal. [1:15:54] Uh, let's go HB 1272. [1:15:58] 1272. [1:16:12] Stablecoin. [1:16:13] Great one. [1:16:15] All right, Senator Rhett. [1:16:17] 1470. [1:16:21] 1470. [1:16:23] Page nine. [1:16:26] 1470. [1:16:30] All right, Senator Ginn. [1:16:34] How about HB 1023 on page six? [1:16:44] That ought to be a bill. [1:16:46] 1023. Not today. Senator Kirkpatrick. [1:16:52] House Bill 657, Mr. Chair, on page four, bottom of page four. [1:16:58] 657. [1:17:07] There's a dinger. [1:17:08] Very quiet ding ding. [1:17:13] All right, Senator Anderson. [1:17:16] Let's go with, uh, House Bill 1075. [1:17:27] 1075. [1:17:37] Good one. [1:17:38] Yeah. [1:17:38] All right, Senator Hufstetler. [1:17:40] House Bill 646. [1:17:44] 646. [1:17:53] All right, Senator Dixon. [1:17:57] 646. [1:18:01] Okay. [1:18:01] House Bill 521. [1:18:06] 521. [1:18:14] He's got two more picks. All right, Senator Williams. [1:18:16] Let's go 500. [1:18:18] Uh, House Bill 1215. 1215. Ooh [1:18:33] Have you another one ready. Senator Albers. [1:18:37] Uh, House Bill 66, first page. [1:18:41] 66. [1:18:44] What's the number? [1:18:44] 66. [1:18:45] 66. [1:18:45] Uh, 66. [1:18:47] Almost the mark- [1:18:48] Fourth from the top. [1:18:50] All right. [1:18:50] All right. Senator Still. [1:18:59] House Bill 1142. [1:19:02] 1142. [1:19:17] Good job. All right, let's come back to first round of dingers. President Pro Tem. [1:19:26] House Bill 1077. [1:19:29] 1077. Man, it's like you made this list or something. [1:19:39] Another dinger. Was that three in a row? [1:19:41] No. [1:19:42] No, he whiffed on the last one. Lieutenant Governor Tarte. [1:19:51] Huh? [1:19:52] He helps me. Very good. [1:19:53] Two for three ain't bad, though. Gets you in the All Stars. [1:19:56] Right. [1:19:59] Actually, that gets you in the Hall of Fame. [1:20:01] Okay. [1:20:03] Leader. [1:20:04] Of course. [1:20:05] Speak now- [1:20:06] Yes [1:20:06] ... or forever hold your peace. [1:20:09] I'll speak now. Let's do, uh, 447. [1:20:15] 447. [1:20:27] All right, that took care of that for now. [1:20:35] All right, uh, Vice Chairman. [1:20:39] House Bill 382. [1:20:41] 382. [1:20:48] Three for three. [1:20:49] Three for three. He's hot. [1:20:56] All right, uh, Chairman Cowsert. [1:21:00] I still have some bills I need to get on the floor in the House, so I'm gonna pick, pick the old Speaker's bill, House Bill 1193. [1:21:09] 1193. That is a savvy, savvy move- ... by the dean of the Republican Party in the Senate. Let me add a little blink. All right, Jordy Webb. [1:21:29] HB 52. [1:21:32] 52. [1:21:33] Good veteran bill. [1:21:36] Okay. And Senator Kirkpatrick. [1:21:41] House Bill 181. [1:21:43] 181. [1:21:51] All right. Senator Anderson. [1:21:53] Let's go with, uh, House Bill 413. [1:22:01] 413. Man, he's hot. [1:22:10] Yeah. [1:22:10] All right, Senator Hufstetler. [1:22:12] Uh, House Bill 634. [1:22:22] 634. Senator Dixon. [1:22:32] Um, House Bill 1272. [1:22:41] Ooh. [1:22:45] Go, go one below it. [1:22:47] Should be- [1:22:48] Go one below it. [1:22:48] Oh, 12- 1283. [1:22:50] Yeah, two below it. [1:23:00] See. [1:23:00] All right, uh, Senator Williams. [1:23:02] 629. [1:23:08] 629. [1:23:15] All right. Senator Still. [1:23:22] Thank you, Chairman. Um, [1:23:31] 14... [1:23:35] No, it's already picked. Sorry. Um, [1:23:41] 248 for my leader. [1:23:47] 248. [1:23:51] All right, now the second round of dingers. Senator Watson. [1:23:58] Uh, Vice Chairman. [1:24:00] House Bill 1211. [1:24:04] 1211. [1:24:08] See what happens when I don't let him see my sheet. [1:24:15] Chairman Cowsert. [1:24:20] Let's see. I think I just noticed one that needs to be picked. Um, [1:24:27] my friend, uh, Representative Reeves, House Bill 1274. [1:24:34] 1274. He listens. [1:24:42] 74 and [1:24:46] Very good. Very good. [1:24:48] All right, uh, Senator Anderson. [1:24:53] Let's go with, um... [1:25:04] Let's go with, uh, HR 1300. [1:25:11] HR 13- [1:25:12] What number? HR 1300. [1:25:16] All right. That's the- [1:25:19] HR 1300 [1:25:20] ... very last one. [1:25:22] Oh. [1:25:22] Page nine. [1:25:33] All right. [1:25:33] All right, Senator Dixon. [1:25:37] Go with HB 295. [1:25:40] HB 295. All right. [1:25:50] Sen- let's see. Senator Still. [1:25:55] This'll be it for you unless you get a dinger. [1:25:58] Ooh. [1:25:59] No pressure. [1:26:01] HB, uh, 1220. [1:26:03] 1220. That's in the hot bed, but nope. [1:26:07] Ooh. [1:26:08] Nice try. [1:26:09] You were so close. [1:26:14] Ooh. [1:26:14] All right. Back to round three of the dingers. We're narrowing down our survivors. My vice-chairman is still alive. [1:26:27] Yes, he is. [1:26:27] All righty. House Bill 970. [1:26:31] 970. [1:26:35] Oh, he just died. [1:26:40] His eyesight's bad. [1:26:41] Yeah. Guess so. Senator Cowsert. [1:26:49] All right. Well. [1:26:59] Slim pickings. [1:27:06] Let's see. Two, three, four. [1:27:09] Sir. [1:27:10] Seven, eight, [1:27:14] nine, 10, 11. I've still got 11 dingers out there. [1:27:17] Wow. [1:27:20] Wow. [1:27:20] Well, I think I'm gonna go with House Bill 1087. [1:27:24] 1087. Good bill. That just wasn't one of them. All right. [1:27:33] One handed. [1:27:34] Senator Anderson. [1:27:37] Let's go with, um, [1:27:41] House Bill 1202. [1:27:47] 1202. [1:27:57] All right. [1:27:58] All right. Uh, Senator Dixon. [1:28:01] We dissolved them. [1:28:02] Go with, uh, HB 634. [1:28:06] 634. Been picked. [1:28:12] Ooh. [1:28:12] There's two strikes. [1:28:15] Go with, uh, 1409. [1:28:18] 1409. [1:28:28] All right. Now to the fourth round of dingers, where I have two survivors. [1:28:39] Senator Cowsert, would... You only have one dinger, Senator Anderson has two. Would you like to go first or second? [1:28:47] I think I'll go second. I wanted- [1:28:48] All right [1:28:49] ... House Bill 903. Did it make it to your consideration calendar? [1:28:54] 903 did not. [1:28:58] Okay. [1:29:03] No, it did not. All right, Senator Anderson, you're up. [1:29:14] Let's go with, um, House Bill 963. [1:29:21] 963. Did he cheat? [1:29:34] Make Cowsert go this time. [1:29:43] That's fun. I'll go- [1:29:46] You're up [1:29:47] ... I'm House Bill 485. [1:29:49] 485. [1:29:55] Oh, oh, we only have one survivor left. [1:30:03] All right, Senator Anderson, you're the winner. [1:30:07] I thought I got it on that one. [1:30:09] You did. You picked 1077 with it. [1:30:11] Oh. Let's go with, uh- [1:30:14] You knew the dingers. [1:30:18] Some of them anyway. [1:30:19] House Bill- [1:30:20] He picked 1070 [1:30:20] ... 943. [1:30:22] Yeah, you did. 943. [1:30:29] Yeah. [1:30:30] All right. You already won. [1:30:34] What else? [1:30:39] He does his homework. He puts forth the effort [1:30:43] Stayed up all night, Mr. Chairman [1:30:51] What else you got? [1:30:52] Let's go with, um [1:30:58] ... [1:30:58] Make 'em quick if you already know 'em. 1129 is for online, I bet. [1:31:05] 1129. House Bill 1129. [1:31:08] 1129. He's hot. Wow. What else? Definitely [1:31:18] is. He did come in my office before this meeting. I don't know what he got when he was in there, but I'm guessing I know now. [1:31:24] Let's go with House Bill 957. [1:31:30] Uh-oh. Nope. [1:31:35] Oh. [1:31:37] Always go state where we can. [1:31:39] All right, what else you got? You got two more dingers. [1:31:43] Okay. [1:31:43] Two more dinger picks. You maybe didn't help. [1:31:48] At least when it came to it. Let's ask a bunch of them. Yeah. [1:31:56] Let's go with HR 251. [1:32:02] Okay. Keep going. [1:32:14] 1243. [1:32:14] Who's picking? [1:32:15] He knows of which he speaks. [1:32:18] Uh, let's go with HR1243. [1:32:22] All right. Keep going. What else? [1:32:25] Let's go with House Bill 1310. [1:32:31] Oh. All right, you're out. Is there a 14, 12, 43 card? They got it? HR 1243, that's the next Gen 911. What's the last one? [1:32:42] 12- [1:32:43] 1310. [1:32:44] 1310. [1:32:47] All right, I am going to pick a few. [1:32:55] Putting on 1015, top of page six, second from the top. Putting on 1131, same page. [1:33:10] 1132. [1:33:15] 1238. [1:33:20] 1259. [1:33:25] 1415. [1:33:33] I think that's everything, right? [1:33:37] There you go. 256. [1:33:56] And 659. [1:34:01] I think that's everything. [1:34:06] All right, I'm gonna call 'em out. We're gonna hold the motion and go into recess. I just wanna make sure everybody's ... We got it right. All right, I got SB 628, SR 882. The rest of these are House Bills: 52, 66, 77, 181, 1027, 248, 256, 267, 283, 295, 297, 309, 310, 334, 382, 413, 419, 432, 445, 447, 460, 485, 506, 521, 629, 634, 646, 657, 659, 689, 943, 957, 963, 964, 970, 1001, 1015, 1023, 1075, 1077, 1087, 1116, 1129, 1131, 1132, 1142, 1161, 1187, 1193, 1202, 1209, 1211, 1215, 1220, 1238, 1245 ... [1:35:34] Is that right? 1259, 1263, 1272, 1274, 1283, 1310, 1317, 1344, 1393, 1409, 1413, 1415, 1434, 1470, 1523, 1526, 1543, 1544. Now, HR 251, HR 1243, and HR 1300. [1:36:06] Um, and then I missed, uh, circle HB 466. [1:36:23] All right. That ain't many left. How many is that? 23. How many? [1:36:32] 23 reps. [1:36:33] Oh, that's all? Okay. All right. Plus what we have on the table in special action. Okay. Well, let's, uh, let's go eat lunch. We're gonna go into recess. We'll come back- What time is it? Not yet, I don't. I'm gonna ... [1:36:55] ... Yes. [1:36:56] What time- [1:37:00] And staff, you've got your menu here, and where to go. [1:37:06] What time do you want us back? [1:37:09] Uh. [2:33:45] Can we get extra picks for on time, Mr. Chairman? [2:33:48] Oh. Tell you what, I'm gonna allow... I've got three we missed according to other people. Um . [2:34:01] Well, some of them we did. [2:34:03] So, uh, but here's what we're gonna do. So go ahead and circle 323, [2:34:15] 350, [2:34:18] and 971. Now- [2:34:23] What was that last one on? [2:34:24] 971. It's, uh, it's a, uh, college and career academy thing we need to do. All right. Uh, I'm a let the committee, we're gonna pick one more, and it's gonna be by majority vote. This is unofficial. So, uh, Dr. Kirkpatrick, what would you like to nominate as potential? [2:34:50] Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to nominate House Bill 1303. [2:34:55] 13- [2:34:55] That's, uh- [2:34:55] ... 03 [2:34:56] ... child endangerment for controlled substances in the home. [2:35:00] Y'all listen up. This is important. [2:35:02] Child- [2:35:03] Child endangerment for substance. For what? [2:35:05] For controlled substances in the home. [2:35:08] Okay. Child endangerment. [2:35:10] What number? [2:35:11] 1303. [2:35:15] Child endangerment for substance in the home. Controlled substance. [2:35:21] Yeah, it's about causing the drug. [2:35:25] All right. [2:35:27] You got some. [2:35:28] Senator Albers, you want to nominate anything? [2:35:30] I would love to, Mr. Chairman. [2:35:31] Sure. Go for it. [2:35:32] I'd like to nominate House Bill 147 so, uh, we, uh, start looking at everything the state and agencies are gonna use for artificial intelligence. It's gonna be very impactful to all our 11.2 million citizens. [2:35:45] AI- [2:35:45] State budget [2:35:46] ... for state agencies, 147, first page. Okay. Senator Cowsert, you want to nominate anything? [2:35:55] I would nominate House Bill 187 on page two. [2:35:59] 187 on page two. [2:36:03] What problem does that solve? [2:36:06] I can't remember, but it came out of my committee. [2:36:11] So it must be good. Uh- [2:36:12] It must be. [2:36:13] Okay. [2:36:14] It deals with automobile insurance. [2:36:25] All right. Um, somebody else want to nominate something? [2:36:30] What about- [2:36:30] I bet everybody does. [2:36:31] HP. [2:36:32] Go ahead, my vice chairman. What do you nominate? [2:36:35] HP 421. Uh, that was... So if a sexual predator comes to the state of Georgia, uh, and commits a crime, then we have a difficult time, uh, charging them, 'cause they're out of state. So this is having to do with that. [2:36:59] That's the way I remember it. [2:37:02] Okay. [2:37:05] And that was 421. [2:37:09] Mm-hmm. Got a good one. [2:37:11] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Who else? Senator Ginn. [2:37:17] The, uh, at the top of page three, HB 323. It, it brings some transparency into, uh, medical physician billing. [2:37:29] It's selected. [2:37:30] All right. I'll tell you what, we'll put it on. [2:37:33] Thank you. [2:37:33] It's selected. [2:37:34] Exactly. All right. Senator Steele. [2:37:37] It's already there. [2:37:39] Good job. [2:37:40] Thank you, Chairman. Um, I, I'm, I'm torn. We've got two great bills that I had hoped were gonna be on the list. Um- [2:37:47] Oh [2:37:47] ... 818, the, uh, Georgia Judicial Retirement System. Uh, Georgia Tax Court, we gotta be able to add them to our retirement system in order to really be effective. [2:38:00] What was that number? [2:38:01] 818. [2:38:05] Okay. Senator Rhett. [2:38:09] HB 291, sir. We want our health workers in the community who are doing the good work to at least be s- have their certification. [2:38:19] All right. Who else? [2:38:21] Dave. [2:38:23] Uh, Senator Williams. [2:38:24] You had a favorite one. [2:38:25] 892. [2:38:28] I did. 892? [2:38:31] Yes, sir. [2:38:32] What's it do? I'm not looking at it. You want to describe it? [2:38:39] Yeah. That's, uh- [2:38:40] Oh, that's the hours of massage parlors. [2:38:43] Right. [2:38:45] What this man does? [2:38:48] 892. Limits it to, like, what, 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM or something like that? [2:38:56] Only open from 6:00 AM. [2:38:59] Yes. [2:38:59] They're closed. Stops them from doing traffic. [2:39:05] Okay. Um, is that it? Senator Hufstetler. [2:39:11] HB, uh, 169. It, uh, uh, incentivizes businesses to provide health insurance. It's not the same as the title. [2:39:35] All right, that's one, two, three, four, seven, eight. Senator Dixon. HB471. 471. [2:39:55] What's it do? [2:39:59] I'll find a minute. Oh, water safety for- Water safety for something ... water safety at- I found it. ... for all the mothers in hos- There's another one coming in ... in, in the hospital. Water in the hospital. I remember that one from committee, for new mothers. Yeah, okay. All right. Did everybody get one they wanted one? All right. Gooch wanted House Bill 1061, Mandy Ballinger. 1061. 1061. We'll add that for Gooch. Ballinger. [2:40:29] All right. 17 vote. Here's what we're gonna do. So I've got- We're gonna put one of these on. [2:40:39] Everybody gets two votes. Highest vote getter advances. Will you read the full list again? Yep, I'll go through them again. 1061, offered by Senator Gooch, is the Mandy Ballinger bill. 471, offered by Senator Dixon, is the water safety for, um, taught by new, for new mothers. [2:41:09] Uh, Senator Hufstetler, 169, incentivizes businesses to provide health insurance. Senator Williams, 892, limits the hours of massage parlors. Uh, Senator Kirkpatrick, 1303, is the child endangerment for controlled substances in the home. Senator Albers offered 147, which is, uh, tracks AI use by state agencies. [2:41:40] Senator Cowsert offered 187, is a contractor bill. My vice chairman offered 421. What was that one? Child molesters. Oh yeah, child molesters. Child. Those are from out of state. Yeah, out of state child molesters. If they come, they've, they've joined the law enforcement. It's been an issue. [2:42:07] Uh, 818 is judicial retirement for tax court judges, and 291. 818 was offered by Senator Still. 291, offered by Senator Rhett, is... What does it do? Health bill. Community health workers. Community health workers. All right. Y'all got those written down? You're gonna track. Well, we'll do it on, off the sheet here. I'm doing like this. I got it right here. [2:42:38] Wait, you want, you want a new one? Again, you get... Oh yeah, that's perfect. Two votes. Top vote getter advances. You double up on two bills. Uh, you cannot double up. Have to vote for two bills. I was gonna do ranked choice voting, but it would take too long. Boo. [2:43:01] So, or do y'all want three votes? We could do three. Give them all one each. We'll, we're gonna stay two. All right. Here we go. First up, HB1061, Mandy Ballinger bill. Raise your hand. All right, Cowsert. And you keep track of the- Yeah. Yep, you got it. And Kirkpatrick. Okay. Was that Gooch's vote? [2:43:31] I had to vote for Gooch. All right, I'll give you g- I'll give that to you. All right, um, 471 is the water safety for your new mothers. I got three, so [2:43:47] Still, Dixon, Walker. [2:43:53] Okay. [2:43:57] 169, that incentivizes businesses to provide health insurance. Got Dolezal, Hufstetler, Hufstetler, Williams, and Anderson. Williams and Anderson. Okay. I got one. No. It was close. That was- Never mind All right, 892, massage parlors. [2:44:27] Dolezal. Burnt, burned them early. All right, Dolezal, Williams, burned them early. And my vice chairman, Watson. Oh no. Andr- Were you voting on that or no? No, no. All right. They seem strong against them. He wanted to know what time they open. [2:44:46] He wanna know when they close. All right. 303, or 1303, child endangerment of controlled substances in homes. Got Kirkpatrick, who is done voting, and Ginn with his first vote. Okay. 147, AI by state agencies. Two, Anavitarte and Albers. Throw me in there, Jake. And Ginn is now done. [2:45:17] Okay, got it. Come on, Brad. Come on, Doc. Join us. All right. Um- Don't burn one in there, Doc. All right, 187, contractor bill. Got Cowsert, [2:45:34] Cowsert, Cowsert, Cowsert. All right, he's done, and Dixon, he's done. [2:45:44] Okay. We've got 421, out-of-state child molesters. We've got, Rick, you're already done. Um, Albers. [2:45:58] Yeah. [2:45:58] Albers is done. Randy- [2:46:01] I think you bought that Tim right there too. [2:46:02] Randy Rober- [2:46:06] Gooch already did. [2:46:06] Gooch already voted. I got Randy, I got Watson. You're now done. And Anderson is now done. All right. [2:46:17] You still got Cowsert, right? [2:46:20] And Cowsert, Cowsert, Cow- Cowsert has already- [2:46:25] That should be five [2:46:26] ... Cowsert already used his two votes. [2:46:29] I thought one of them was Gooch. [2:46:31] Well, I, I [2:46:34] Oh. [2:46:34] I don't know. [2:46:34] I see that. Gooch has been nominated. I didn't want him to get- [2:46:38] All right, Gooch is done. Oh, wow. [2:46:41] Lee ding-ding Anderson. Don't act like someone's- [2:46:44] All right, 81... All right, so Goo- it's Gooch, not Cowsert. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Hold on. [2:46:52] How- [2:46:52] Down here- [2:46:53] I have you, I have- [2:46:55] We have- [2:46:57] Mr. Chair. [2:46:58] Robertson, Anderson, and Watson. [2:47:00] But, and then you got Gooch. [2:47:02] Oh. [2:47:04] Was that everybody? Wasn't there five? [2:47:06] One, two, three- [2:47:07] And Albers [2:47:08] ... four, five. Yes. [2:47:09] That was Albers. [2:47:10] Five. [2:47:16] Um- [2:47:17] That's right. This is where paper ballots would matter. [2:47:19] All right, 818, judicial retirement. [2:47:22] Nobody showed on that. [2:47:23] Huff and Still. [2:47:24] That's right. [2:47:27] Y'all two are done, and Doc has saved all his votes for... Wait, did you vote for the 818? [2:47:34] Yeah, I voted for 818. [2:47:36] All right, so you're using all two votes to count for one vote for 291. [2:47:42] Ballots, that's, that's ballots. Or ballot box. [2:47:47] Um- [2:47:49] Yeah. [2:47:49] Randy, did you vote twice? [2:47:51] No, sir. I only voted once. [2:47:52] Okay. All right. What we got? [2:47:58] It says nine, nine candidates, one- [2:47:59] I got a four, and I got a one, two, three, four, five, and I got a five. All right, looks like 421. Circle it. [2:48:12] 421. [2:48:17] All right, let me go through the whole thing again. [2:48:20] You, you did two fours. [2:48:22] Hmm? [2:48:23] You did two fours. [2:48:24] He had a four and a five. [2:48:25] I had two fours and a five. All right, we've got 628, Senate Bill 628, Senate Resolution 882. We've got House Bill 52, 66, 77, 181, 1027, 248, 256, 267, 283, 295, 297, 309, 310, 323, 334, 350, 382, 413, 419, 421, 432, 445, 447, 460, 466, 485, 506, 521, 629, 634, 646, 657, 659, 689, 943, 957, 963, 964, 970, 971, 1001, 1015, 1023, 1075, 1077, 1087, 1116, 1129, 1131, 1132, 1142, 1161, 1187, 1193, 1202, 1209, 1211, 1215, 1220, 1238, 1245, [2:49:41] 1259, 1263, 1272, 1274, 1283, 1310, 1317, 1344, 1393, 1409, 1413, 1415, 1434, 1470, 1523, 1526, 1543, 1544, and HR 251, HR 1243, and HR 1300. [2:50:06] Second. [2:50:07] Was there any I called out that weren't supposed to be on there? Well, there's a few. Is there any I didn't call out that we had said that I'd told you to circle? We got them all? All right, I got a motion from Senator Albers of do pass. [2:50:20] Second. [2:50:21] Got a second from Senator Anderson. Is there any further discussion? Senator Dolezal. [2:50:26] Are we going into recess at the end of this, Mr. Chairman, in case we need time? [2:50:30] We are going into recess. [2:50:31] Okay. [2:50:32] And it automatically adjourns at midnight. [2:50:37] Don't ask me that question, Mr. Chairman. [2:50:42] No. [2:50:45] So- [2:50:45] So we're not in meeting schedule for Wednesday? [2:50:47] Hmm? [2:50:47] Do we have a meeting scheduled for Wednesday or- [2:50:49] We're not meeting Wednesday. [2:50:50] Okay. [2:50:50] This is it. This is the calendar for day 39 and 40. As you know, at some point we will table bills, and then it will be up to, um, everyone in- if you care about a bill, once it's tabled, I would, I would strongly suggest you advocate for it. Y'all know the drill by now. So I would imagine around bill 30-ish we table, but that's a g- complete guess. [2:51:26] That could be... I mean, if y'all undermine me again, it could be on bill two. Who knows? [2:51:32] Are we, um- We're not having joint special privilege on Thursday, correct? [2:51:38] That is correct. [2:51:39] Joint means that we- Points of personal privilege, you have special presentations. [2:51:42] Oh, that's what it... I'm sorry, yeah. But it is limited, so- [2:51:51] 20- [2:51:51] March 23rd, 6:00 AM [2:51:54] All right. We can-- A lot of this can be discussed after our motion gets voted on. Is there anything else around these bills that needs to be discussed? All right. All in favor, raise your hand. Motion carries unanimous. Good work. Enjoyed serving with each and every one of you- [2:52:15] Great committees [2:52:16] ... for the last four years. This is a good committee. And maybe there's more, maybe there's not. [2:52:24] You've been amazing with it. [2:52:25] Time, only time will tell. But been a good year. We've got some good stuff we've done. More good stuff to do. Senator Rhett? [2:52:35] Before you gavel out, should we have- [2:52:37] Oh, I'm not gaveling out. I'm just glad you said that [2:52:39] ... those people who might not be back in this capacity, have them say a few words? [2:52:45] Sure. Chairman Cowsert, would you like to start us off? You're not coming back. [2:52:50] It's, uh, been a pleasure to serve with you, Mr. Chairman. I always love your seriousness with the humor, making it a little more bearable. [2:52:59] Thank you. [2:52:59] You've done a fine job. We've passed a lot of good bills during your tenure. [2:53:03] Yes, sir. You've, you've been one of the best chairmen I've seen operate. Uh, you can run a meeting like no other. [2:53:10] Thank you. [2:53:10] So I've, I've always meant that. And, um, you're, you're a wise fox. You- [2:53:20] I've 48 hours left to play in the- [2:53:22] That's That's right. [2:53:25] Yeah. [2:53:26] No, it's, it's been an honor serving with you. I've learned, truly have learned a lot by just watching you and, and listening to you, your wealth of knowledge, and I appreciate you. [2:53:35] You bet. [2:53:35] So, uh, Senator Dolezal. [2:53:40] Your Eminence. Um, appreciate your leadership. I've sat next to you for eight years. You're a true friend, and you've been a surprise for me of the honor to serve in this general assembly. Uh, the times we've had together has been, has been fun. [2:53:53] Absolutely. You're, you're one of the smartest people I've ever met. You've, uh... You can-- You understand the politics, you understand the policy, and, um, you've, you've been a, you've been great to sit by because you've helped me. You've kept me out of trouble a lot of times. So, and for someone like myself, I need all the help I can to stay out of trouble. So thank you. You've been a true friend. Let's see. [2:54:20] You want to do Frank just in case? [2:54:30] Wow, that might've been the funniest thing you've ever said. [2:54:36] I mean, Frank, you want it just in case? Anybody? I mean, I could need to say something just in case. I mean, I've, I could lose my next election. Senator Rhett, you're not leaving. [2:54:48] Just in case I end up being your vice chair on science and technology- ... I want to thank everybody for laughing at my corny jokes. [2:54:58] Or at least trying to. All right. Well, y'all, uh, we'll go into recess part B. Thank y'all. [2:55:08] Deep recess. [2:55:08] Deep recess. [2:55:12] We're- [2:55:15] We're doing four square, four square this recess. Anybody wants some, let me know. I've been practicing.