Georgia CommonsHouse Special Rules Committee, March 31, 2026
2025-2026 Regular Session · 515 CLOB · 34 min
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Summary
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The committee approved four resolutions and sent them to Rules. Members amended HR 1891, concerning a study of physician supervision of advanced practice providers, to clarify terminology and revise committee representation while keeping nine members. The committee also approved HR 1948, urging a future transfer of the Georgia Capitol Museum to the Georgia Building Authority, with one member opposed. Members approved HR 1889, expressing support for conservation easements, and HR 1860, creating a study committee on improving services for people with disabilities. No opposition was recorded on those two resolutions or on the amended provider study resolution.
Bills discussed (4)
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HR 1891. House Study Committee on Physicians' Delegation Authority and Supervision of Georgia's Advanced Practice Providers; create
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Members discussed a proposed study of physician delegation and supervision of advanced practice providers. One committee member argued that the draft confused physician assistants’ job descriptions with advanced practice registered nurses’ protocol agreements, potentially obscuring the study’s goals. The member also questioned a reference to 1,000 physician assistant jobs, saying more than 8,000 physician assistants held positions in Georgia. The sponsor said a study committee could examine the issues broadly and accepted most proposed corrections, but questioned increasing its membership. The member proposed terminology corrections, clearer descriptions of physicians’ relationships with the providers, and adding a physician to increase membership from nine to 10. Another member favored keeping nine to avoid tied recommendations. The proposing member agreed to retain nine and suggested replacing Georgia Hospital Association representation with the Department of Community Health because the association was private. The committee adopted an oral amendment incorporating the wording and representation changes while retaining nine members, then approved HR 1891 as amended and sent it to Rules. No vote count was stated.
HR 1948. State and local authorities; transfer operation of Georgia Capitol Museum from University System of Georgia to Georgia Building Authority; urge
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The sponsor said HR 1948 urges future legislation transferring operation of the Georgia Capitol Museum from the Board of Regents to the Georgia Building Authority. The sponsor said the proposal came on behalf of the governor and became an urging resolution because legislation was not ready before the crossover deadline. According to the sponsor, both agencies supported the transfer. The sponsor described the museum’s funding through the university system as inconsistent and said the Building Authority could fund it through rental revenue and use employees already on site. The committee approved the resolution and sent it to Rules, with one opposing vote recorded.
HR 1889. Termed and perpetual conservation easements; important tools for promoting conservation practices; express support
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The sponsor presented HR 1889 on behalf of the Sportsmen’s Caucus as an expression of support for both permanent and fixed-term conservation easements. The sponsor said Georgia develops 50,000 to 60,000 acres annually and argued that protecting a small portion of land would help balance development with conservation. Asked whether the resolution concerned the Conservation Use Valuation Assessment program, the sponsor said it did not. The committee approved the resolution and sent it to Rules, with no opposition recorded.
HR 1860. House Study Committee on Comprehensive Services and Long-term Outcomes for Individuals with Disabilities; create
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The sponsor said HR 1860 would create a five-member study committee, appointed by the House speaker, to examine how Georgia could improve services for children and adults with disabilities. Drawing on the sponsor’s family experience, the sponsor described applications, medical documentation and other requirements as difficult and time-consuming to navigate, even with substantial education and resources. The sponsor stressed that the proposal was not a criticism of current agencies, but an effort to make access to services simpler and delivery more efficient, especially for families with fewer resources. The committee approved the resolution without further discussion and sent it to Rules, with no opposition recorded.
Transcript
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Probably within the last week.
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Yeah, I think it was probably pretty recently, like, like Friday. The reason I ask is because, um, I see the intent of this is good, but in the way it's drafted, it looks like it's a little bit rushed maybe in how it was put in because there's a couple of pieces of language here that are not consistent throughout. So we can, we can sort of walk through them just because it's, it's important to have these details right because of the different ways that different mid-level providers practice. Do, do you wanna do that?
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Do, do you mind going through that just so we can-
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I bow to the will of the committee. Uh, whatever y'all wish to do. Uh, I didn't draft this as you well know.
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Mm-hmm.
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Leg Council drafted it, so if there's anything that's been rushed through, it might be at the, uh, the behest of Leg Council. So if you've got some suggestions to make this a little bit clearer-
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Mm-hmm
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... which in a study resolution, I'm not quite sure that that makes a whole lot of difference because once a committee, if this goes forward, and if there's a study committee that's put forward, then that committee then, that opens up the door. They can look at any and all things.
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That's pretty much true. If, if we're just doing a resolution, then the study committee will have a, an opportunity to go through all phases of the resolution. Now, if this was a bill, we'd be looking at it a little different.
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Yeah, no, I, I understand that. That's a study committee. Um, but it is still important to have these descriptions right because it, it informs the goals of the committee, and I think that when it's written in this way, it, it, it muddies the water a little bit in terms of what the, um-
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They van whatever you-
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... intent is
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... whatever the, the van lady wishes.
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What, what particularly are you talking about, Dr. Carr?
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Well, well, there's a couple of things.
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Okay.
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I mean, I, I'll defer to you in terms of how much we wanna go through this. You know, one of the things is that in terms of the differences between PAs and APRNs, how they practice, the description of, of their responsibilities and, um, protocols is different, and some of this language is sort of muddy throughout. For example, PAs practice under what's called a job description, whereas APRNs I think have a, like a practice protocol, and I think those are sort of used interchangeably throughout. And I, I appreciate that point that this is, you know, not to say just because we all like our study committees, but, um, it is important to get that right because the, the goal of this study committee is to clarify the roles and the responsibilities, right?
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Do, do you wanna walk through some of those, or should we, um-
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I don't think we'll know. It-
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There, there are quite a few. So the... My point only being is that if, if this was a, a rushed draft, and it's messy in this way, and we... You know, it's day 39. Is it worth maybe taking some more time to do this more carefully?
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At the will of the chair of the committee. If you wanna throw them out there-
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Okay
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... then throw them out there, depending on whatever the will-
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If you wanna make an amendment, you can make an amendment.
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Well, at the will of the chair, yes.
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There, there's several actually. Yeah. There, there's a couple. Um-
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But this wouldn't be the time to do the amendment.
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It wouldn't, but, um, we could.
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Motion to do pass.
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Second.
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Second. Okay, and we have a motion to do pass and a second, so any discussion from the committee, and this would be your time to make your amendment.
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Sure. Okay, so a couple things. One is... And this is just a minor thing, but it kind of shows maybe how it's rushed through. Line four, it says, "1,000 different physician assistant jobs." I think there's more than 8,000 physician assistants who are holding positions in the state at present, so just as a, as an indicator of the rapidity with which this draft was pushed out. Um, line six, I think it says job requirements. I think that's gonna need to change to job descriptions based on what I said about PA job descriptions being the protocols that they practice under.
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Um, I also think you might need to strike in line six through seven where it says protocol agreement process. That should be changed to approval.
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All right, let's go through. Sorry, this is very nitpicky, but it's, it's important.
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Need to read back. Okay, what did you say? From physician assistants, is that right? The last amendment now.
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The word says, in line six through seven, sort of at the end where it says, "Enhance the protocol agreement process."
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Okay. So change that to ap-
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Strike protocol agreement process and put descriptions.
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Change that to approval?
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Approval, yes.
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I would suggest. Yeah, okay.
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Sorry. I misspoke there. All right. One more thing, very similar vein. Line 16 where it says, "And job requirements," if you strike requirements and put descriptions. This is just to make it consistent throughout how we're talking about these jobs. Line 18 where it says, "Practice registered nurse protocol agreements," if you add in, "And physician assistant job description," because we're actually referring to both types of APPs.
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Um, one other thing that I would suggest, because this is a complex issue and there is a aspect of physician supervisory, um, responsibility in here, um, in line 25 where you talk about the constitution of the committee, I would suggest you bump it up from nine members to 10 members and add another physician onto that committee just for the, um, you know, the purpose of having informed oversight on these roles.
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And I think... Well, not to be nitpicky. One more. In line 31, um, to say that a doctor's working with a protocol agreement is actually technically incorrect, so I, what I would suggest instead is to say that the physician is working with an APRN who has an approved nurse, um, protocol agreement. That's the more correct way to phrase it.
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And what line was that?
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Line 31.
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31, okay.
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Yeah, so instead of saying the physician is working with under a protocol agreement, to say it's working with an APRN who has an approved nurse protocol agreement. I think that's- Probably about right. Um, one more. S- same, same type of change. In line 34 where it says, "Nurse protocol agreement," you have to change that to job description because PAs don't work under protocol agreements. These are, these are a little bit technical, but that's, I think that'll-
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And we'll get you-
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... fix a lot of the problems. Is that okay?
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Okay. Is that all?
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Yes, that's it.
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Okay.
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If I may address that, I don't have any problems what the good lady's asking, except possibly I would ask the committee to consider her recommendation on going from nine to 10 members. You know, study committees, we don't even realize how many may be authorized this year. And the more members that are on these study committees, the least likely. So instead of going up, I might consider going down one, but whatever the will of the committee is, of course, and, uh ...
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Okay.
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All right. I'm gonna go over these, uh, amendments one more time, and this will be the owl amendment. Uh, line six, we're changing the word requirement to, uh-
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Description
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... descriptions. Line seven, we're changing, um, s- stopping at enhance the, uh, agreement. We're changing that to enhance the approval process.
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Mm-hmm.
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Okay.
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All right, on line 16, we're changing the word, um, requirements to, uh, description.
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Correct. Uh-huh.
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Line 18, we're adding at the end of the sentence, "And physical assistant job description."
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And physician assistant job description.
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And, yeah, I said and.
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Yeah.
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Okay. Uh, line 25, we're adding, uh, changing that from nine to 10. Um, we'll see what the committee wants to do on that. Line 31, we're changing, uh, to ph- uh, the physician license, and at the end of that where it says approve, we're adding between and and approve, A-P-R-N, who has an approved protocol agreement.
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Yeah, correct.
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Okay?
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Mm-hmm.
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Uh, line 34, uh, we're changing after approved where it says nurse protocol to job description.
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Uh, yes.
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Okay?
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Mm-hmm.
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And I think that's it.
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That's it. Thank you. Appreciate that
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Okay. On the amendments on the, uh, owl amendment.
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Mr. Chair?
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Okay.
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Can we separate the... Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can we separate the, uh, members of the committee, uh, that are gonna be on this, uh, study committee from the, I guess, uh, the wording that she wants, the, that the representative wants to change? Um, I, l- I think if you go from nine to 10 members, you're gonna have even. If they're making recommendations, you could end up with a five-five split. I, I don't know what it's gonna be. I would just ask that we keep it at nine, but that's my opinion.
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Of course, that's the will of the committee. If we could split those two amendments into descriptors and into the, as to the membership.
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Okay. Uh, Dr. Au?
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Yeah, I think that's, I think that's a fair point. Uh, one other thing in just, uh, describing this, this might be a solution, is I noticed that in lines 37 the Georgia Hospital Association is included in the committee, which is just a little bit unusual because that's a, a private organization. So if you want to switch that to something like DCH, that's a state-run organization, or take it out, that would make it odd if that's the will of the committee.
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And we can. Uh, changing the Georgia Hospital Association to the Department of Community Health. Is that what you're saying?
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That, that might make more sense because all the other ones are state-level ones, and GHA is the only private organization.
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Okay. Uh...
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And I, I'm fine with taking-
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So we're okay with leaving it-
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I'm fine. Yeah, that's fine.
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You're okay with leaving nine members?
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That's fine.
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Okay. All right. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, we are on the owl amendment, and, uh, what is the pleasure of the committee?
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Just write favorable. Are you favorable to the change?
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Yeah. Okay.
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Second.
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All right, we have a motion to pass and a second. All in favor of the owl amendment, say aye.
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Aye.
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All opposed. Okay, now on to the, um, house resolution 1891LC640120 as amended. Uh, all in favor, say aye.
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Aye.
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All opposed. Okay, on the rules.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Thank you.
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Ladies and gentlemen of the committee.
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Thank you. I know you gotta get the rules yourself, don't you?
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Okay, uh, Representative Gambill, come on up.
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Mr. Chairman, I believe, I believe it was filed with solutions.
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Do what?
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I believe, I believe it was filed with solutions. Are you addressing that?
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I'm awake. Good morning. Uh, Chairman.
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Come on up-
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Yeah
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... and tell us about your resolution and what resolution number and LC number, please, sir.
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Thank you. Yes, sir. We're working off of House Resolution 1948, and it's LC1124083. I did file it last week on Wednesday the 25th. Uh, it, it originally was going to be legislation this year. Now, this is a urging resolution, uh, that I'm bringing on behalf of the governor. Uh, we just simply ran out of time and, uh, did not get to introduce anything before crossover day, and so we felt like an urging resolution would be the next best thing that we could do to address what we're trying to address.
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But all this simply does is it transfers the authority of the Georgia Capitol Museum, uh, which is located on the fourth floor of the Capitol, from the Board of Regents to the Building Authority. And the thought here is that ultimately it would require legislation to be done, uh, which we hope to have a bill next year. Of course, I know we'll have a different governor. But, uh, it's something that the Building Authority has been working on and has requested, um, and the Board of Regents supports.
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Chancellor Purdue and, uh, the bo- uh, Building Authority have spoken about this, and everyone is on board with doing it. Basically, the library receives funds Uh, that trickle down from the university system through the University of Georgia, and their budget at times is sometimes inconsistent and reliant upon legislation, ah, legislative appropriations. And so, uh, this would provide GBA the, the ability to self-fund the museum through its rent revenues.
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They already have employees that are readily on site during the week. And so that's why it would be better if that transfer were to happen. So that's simply all this urges is that we pass legislation potentially next year that would make that transfer. And that is HR 1948. I'm happy to answer any questions.
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Okay. Uh, Representative Campbell.
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I make a motion to do pass on that one.
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Second.
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Second.
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Okay. We have a motion to do pass and a second. Do we have any other discussion from the committee? All in favor of House Resolution 1948 LC1124083 say I.
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I.
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All opposed?
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No.
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One no. Okay. On to Rules. Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Okay. Representative Cannon, come on up.
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Good morning, Mr. Chairman. This will not be a very technical resolution.
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Okay.
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But, uh, I have a bill or express support resolution on behalf of the Sportsmen's Caucus of HR 1889 LC number 1124040.
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Okay.
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Um, may I proceed, Mr. Chairman?
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Yes, sir.
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Um, we've been a very successful state in terms of development. And, you know, conservation easements are an important, you know, tool for us to, you know, kind of deal with that. But we develop anywhere from 50 to 60,000 acres a year as a state. Uh, so in terms of balance and fairness, it s- s- it seems that, uh, we would promote, uh, setting aside a small portion of our land, uh, for perpetual and term conservation easements, uh, just to kind of protect that land. That's kind of what the resolution states. And it just ex- expresses support for that on behalf of the Sportsmen's Caucus.
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All right. Any questions from the committee? Uh, Representative Campbell.
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I make a motion to do pass on this item, sir.
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Okay. And Repres-
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Second.
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Okay. And I have one question from Representative Monahan.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Representative Cannon, is this yet another CUVA bill?
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Uh, Mr. Chairman, it's not a CUVA bill.
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How many, uh, how many CUVA bills did you have this year, Representative?
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Well, so far just one.
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One big one. Thank you. No more questions.
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Okay. We have a motion do pass and a second. Any other discussion from the committee? Okay. All in favor of House Resolution 1889 LC1124040 say I.
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I.
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All opposed? Okay. On to Rules. Thank you.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. Appreciate it.
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Okay. Uh, Representative Hilden, come on up.
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That's CUVA Study Committee.
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Oh, you got a CUVA Study Committee. Okay. All right. Uh, tell us about your resolution, and if you've got the LC number, please, sir.
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Yeah. This is, uh, Resolution 1860. This is LC610489.
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Okay.
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Um, as many of you know, we have a child with a disability. And my wife is an attorney. I'm a, a banker by trade. And it takes the two of us, uh, with graduate degrees to navigate Georgia's infrastructure right now to get critical services that we need for our, our child. What has kept me up at night for a number of years is the single mom, English as a second language, who has that same child, uh, who is trying to navigate the myriad of things that you have to do to gain access to the services that Georgia offers.
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Uh, our current agencies do a, a fantastic job. This is not any critique of them. Uh, I just think we can design a program that works better. Uh, if I were to show you guys the application that we've gotta fill out and the number of pages that we've gotta print, the doctor's notes, et cetera, uh, it- it's really become kind of a full-time job. And, and for the average Georgian, uh, who doesn't have that time, resources to do that, uh, that's just, it's not acceptable. And so this c- this, uh, creates a study ... There we go. I've got the hard copy.
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This creates a study committee to look at how do we deliver services better, uh, to our, uh, children with special needs and adults with special needs here in Georgia with the eye toward, uh, you know, Georgia is number one at a lot of things. I would love to s- I would love to see Georgia be the number one state to raise, uh, a special needs child and, and adult in our state. So, uh, again, it creates a study committee, a five-member study committee appointed by the Speaker of the House, uh, to look at all the different ways that we deliver services and how can we improve them and make them more efficient.
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Motion to do pass.
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Okay.
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Do pass.
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A motion do pass and a second. Any other discussion from the committee? Seeing none, all in favor of House Resolution 1860 LC610489 say I.
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I.
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All opposed? Okay.
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Great. Thank you, sir.
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On to Rules. Thank you.
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Appreciate you. Yep.
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Okay. We have adjourned.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Thank you.