House Rules Committee, April 2, 2026 Video: https://vimeo.com/1179715590 (a timestamp t plays at https://vimeo.com/1179715590#t=s) Page: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-04-02/house-rules-3 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. [0:01:45] Good [0:23:26] evening, everybody. We'll go ahead and call our meeting to order. [0:23:32] Recognize Chairman Gunter to speak to substitute Senate Bill 51. [0:23:39] All right. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, Senate Bill 51 is, uh, a bill that's been completely stripped out and has, uh, two new bills on it. Um, in section one, what was added in was, uh, House Bill 1021. This is, uh, Lauren McDonald's bill. And, uh, what this does is it increases the amount of money that clerks can retain to cover their expenses in collecting fees and then dispersing them to the, the different organizations that they're supposed to do that for. [0:24:14] Uh, and then in section two is Lauren's, uh, House Bill 1428 that was, um, put in here, and this is, uh, again, a retainer of fees to cover expenses. It's just in a different title. And that's, that's the bill. [0:24:31] Okay. You, you've heard the explanation. Any questions? All right. Do we have a motion to approve Senate Bill 51 by substitute LC47-4326S? [0:24:44] So moved. [0:24:45] Have a move and a second. Is there any opposition? Okay, it's approved. [0:24:52] Chairman Ir- [0:24:54] Erwin. [0:24:54] Yeah. Let me get Chris. Chairman Erwin on Senate Bill 513. [0:25:01] Yes, sir, I [0:25:07] ... There we go. We got it. We, uh, had this recommitted as, uh, you're aware, Mr. Chairman, what we've done is we have removed out all the, uh, three sections referring to the driver's license and DDS out of this bill. So as we have discussed today, those three, uh, sections have been removed and is no longer in the bill. [0:25:33] Excuse me, uh, SB513, and as you said, LC492884S. [0:25:41] Okay. [0:25:43] Okay, you've, you've heard the, uh, explanation. Is there a motion to approve? [0:25:47] So moved. [0:25:48] Motion and a second to approve. Any opposition? [0:25:51] Objection. [0:25:52] We have an objection. All those in favor of approving the substitute say aye. [0:25:56] Aye. [0:25:57] Those opposed, no. [0:25:59] No. [0:25:59] Okay, it carries. Okay, call on, uh, Representative Kelley to, to explain Senate Bill, the sub to Senate Bill 268. [0:26:10] Thank you, Mr [0:26:12] Got it. [0:26:13] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Working off, uh, substitute to Senate Bill 268, LC481855S. Uh, this, uh, first takes out the original section one, uh, that dealt with some incest language 'cause that is passed in another piece of legislation. Uh, and then it, instead of dealing with some obstruction language for first responders, it limits it just to police officers, uh, or law enforcement officers and its obstruction, uh, with a motor vehicle, either moving or stationary, against a law enforcement officer. [0:26:50] Uh, it would, uh, create that, uh, crime and penalty. [0:26:56] Okay. You've heard the explanation. Any questions? All right, is there a motion to approve- [0:27:02] So moved [0:27:02] ... Senate Bill 268? Have a motion and a second. Is there any objection? Have an objection. All those in favor say aye. [0:27:10] Aye. [0:27:11] Those opposed, no. [0:27:12] No. [0:27:12] Okay, it's approved. Okay, now let's set a supp- a second supplemental calendar for today under modified structure. Senate Bill 51, substitute LC47-4326S. [0:27:33] Moved. [0:27:34] Have a move and a second. Any opposition? It's on. Senate Bill 89. [0:27:43] Moved. [0:27:43] Have a move and a second. Any opposition? It's on. Senate Bill 268 by substitute LC48-1855S. [0:27:56] Moved. [0:27:57] Moved and second. Any opposition? [0:28:00] Objection. [0:28:00] There is an objection. All those in favor say aye. [0:28:03] Aye. [0:28:04] Those opposed, no. [0:28:06] No. [0:28:06] It's on. Senate Bill 499. [0:28:10] Moved. [0:28:11] Moved and second. Any opposition? [0:28:14] Objection. [0:28:14] Have an objection. All those in favor say aye. [0:28:17] Aye. [0:28:18] Those opposed, no. [0:28:20] No. [0:28:20] It's on. Senate Bill 513 by substitute LLC492884S. [0:28:30] Moved. [0:28:30] Moved and second. Any opposition? [0:28:34] Objection. [0:28:34] Have an objection. All those in favor say aye. [0:28:37] Aye. [0:28:37] Those opposed, no. [0:28:39] No. [0:28:39] It's on. Okay, that'll get us going again, and that'll be our second supplemental calendar. Thank you very much.