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1. February 26, 2026 · Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee · 39 min

   Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee, February 26, 2026

   Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee heard additional testimony on SB 367 and voted to recommend passage, with two members opposed and the rest in favor. A cancer survivor spoke about the importance of timely treatment, and a former hospital administrator supported easing certificate-of-need requirements, citing experience in Florida. Discussion included whether increased competition could harm rural hospitals. The committee announced another meeting for Monday at noon and adjourned.

2. February 26, 2026 · Senate Judiciary Committee · 1 h 19 min

   Senate Judiciary Committee, February 26, 2026

   Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee approved four bills: SB 488, addressing product liability for AI systems that harm minors, passed 7-1; SB 418, addressing unauthorized nude or sexually explicit images, passed unanimously after an amendment expanding who could enforce it; SB 499, addressing firearm suppressors, passed 7-2 by substitute; and SB 572, changing the process for self-defense immunity claims, passed 7-2 without amendments. The longest discussion concerned SB 572. Supporters argued it would protect people acting in lawful self-defense, while prosecutors, defense lawyers and a gun-safety organization raised concerns about its wording and effects. The sponsor committed to further discussions as the bill moves forward.

3. February 26, 2026 · Senate Urban Affairs Committee · 1 h 39 min

   Senate Urban Affairs Committee, February 26, 2026

   Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee heard testimony on homeowners’ and condominium associations, including foreclosure practices, unpaid dues, access to financial records, elections and board oversight. The sponsor presented SB 580, which would raise the foreclosure threshold from $2,000 to $20,000, and said the amount could be adjusted. Witnesses supported homeowner protections but raised concerns about associations’ ability to collect dues and meet expenses. Discussion of SB 406 focused on the proposed oversight commission’s independence and how homeowner payments are applied. The chair also reviewed the status of several association-related bills and discussed seeking hearings and possible changes before the deadline for bills to pass their first chamber. No committee votes or formal amendments were recorded.

4. February 26, 2026 · House Higher Education Committee · 1 h 08 min

   House Higher Education Committee, February 26, 2026

   Summary by Georgia Commons: The House Higher Education Committee held first hearings on three bills: HB 693, concerning tuition equalization grants for Herzing University students; HB 1379, concerning disclosure of foreign funding in public education; and HB 1382, concerning college credit for military service. Members questioned the sponsors and heard supporting testimony. No votes were taken. The chair planned further hearings the following week, with possible revisions to the foreign-funding bill and a substitute for the military-credit bill.

5. February 26, 2026 · House Rules Committee · 32 min

   House Rules Committee, February 26, 2026

   Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee heard presentations on HB 1178, concerning budget oversight and audits, HB 1415, concerning Stone Mountain Memorial Association property, and HB 664, concerning property owners’ association rules. No further action on those three bills was shown. After a contested voice vote, the committee returned HB 490 to Economic Development and Tourism. The committee also placed HB 1075, HB 1097, HB 1107, HB 1131 and HB 1278 on the day’s supplemental calendar under modified structured rules, and SB 59 under structured rules.

6. February 26, 2026 · House Education Committee · 1 h 23 min

   House Education Committee, February 26, 2026

   Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee approved four bills: HB 1402 on school vision and hearing screenings and reading notices, HB 1302 on coordinating education and workforce planning, HB 1284 on diplomas for students nearing the end of life, and HB 1045 on student access to the 988 crisis line. The longest discussion concerned HB 1302, with members questioning agency responsibilities, literacy work and apprenticeship oversight. A motion to delay that bill failed 7 to 9 before the committee approved it. Members also approved corrections to the honorary name in HB 1284. The chair said additional meetings were planned to address bills still awaiting consideration.

7. February 26, 2026 · Senate floor · 4 h 37 min

   Senate floor session, February 26, 2026 (legislative day 25)

   Summary by Georgia Commons: The Senate passed seven measures addressing emergency defibrillator locations, local government investments, signal jammers, school financial oversight, healthcare workforce data, student attendance and community mental health services. Debate focused on state authority over elected school boards and whether new attendance requirements would burden schools without funding. Senators also heard bill readings and committee reports, adopted recognition resolutions, and approved unnamed local bills and resolutions on consent calendars. The transcript does not identify the measures on those calendars. The Senate voted 26 to 20 to adjourn until March 3 at 1 p.m., over an objection that legislation addressing energy affordability remained on the day's calendar.

8. February 26, 2026 · House floor · 2 h 44 min

   House floor session, February 26, 2026 (legislative day 25, AM)

   Summary by Georgia Commons: The House passed four insurance measures: HB 1344 on enforcement, claims and affordability; HB 1274 on excess auto insurance profits; HB 1262 on penalties; and HB 1263 on premium tax refund deadlines. The House also passed a committee substitute for HB 1164, establishing financial oversight of school systems, after questions about local control, superintendent contracts and school board support. Four local bills passed together, 158 to 0. The chamber heard first and second readings and committee reports on other legislation, recognized Georgia 4-H and a former Atlanta Braves player, and heard community recognitions and condolences. The House recessed until 1:30 p.m.; the transcript ends during that recess.

9. February 26, 2026 · House floor · 1 h 17 min

   House floor session, February 26, 2026 (legislative day 25, PM)

   Summary by Georgia Commons: The House passed six bills covering reforestation tax credits, dental sedation permits, notice of warrant application hearings, teacher preparation, background checks for mental health care providers, and penalties for certain repeat offenders. Members adopted committee substitutes for three of those bills. The House postponed five other measures until the next legislative day and adopted a group of honorary resolutions without objection. Members also delivered memorial remarks, recognized Black History Month, highlighted a child awaiting adoption, and announced committee meetings. The House adjourned until March 3, 2026, at 10 a.m.

10. February 26, 2026 · Senate Government Oversight Committee · 1 h 17 min

    Senate Government Oversight Committee, February 26, 2026

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee held a hearing, with no bills or votes, on a December 2024 audit of the Local Victim Assistance Program. Auditors said reporting gaps and errors prevented them from confirming whether court-fee funds were properly collected, distributed and spent. They said the State Victim Services Commission, authorized in 2004 but never fully assembled, could address some oversight gaps. Members questioned funding distribution, reserves, reporting compliance and spending on salaries. The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’s director said the agency lacked dedicated funding for this oversight and explained that victim advocates’ salaries can support direct services. Agency representatives also clarified that historical reporting data exists. The chair requested that the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council coordinate representatives of the commission’s member groups to recommend oversight, funding or legislative changes. Its director agreed to help, and the chair said another hearing would follow.

11. February 26, 2026 · House Ways & Means Committee · 1 h 00 min

    House Ways & Means Committee, February 26, 2026

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee considered income tax relief, property tax assessments and exemptions, homeowner protections, tax allocation districts, and airport funding. Members advanced HB 7 after updating its dates, along with HB 1035, HB 1000, HR 400, HR 250, HB 1240, and HB 1336. Discussion focused on whether purchase-price assessments would favor large rental investors, the uncertain local cost of a disabled-veteran exemption, and limits on local spending flexibility under the airport proposal. Members also voted on a revised version of HB 880 with larger deductions. After a voice vote, the chair requested a show of hands, but no result or count was announced before the committee moved on.

12. February 26, 2026 · House Banks & Banking Committee · 29 min

    House Banks & Banking Committee, February 26, 2026

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee approved a change to HB 1112 allowing customers to pay the exact amount with pennies rather than have a cash purchase rounded. The committee also considered HB 1314, which would require certain lenders to tell borrowers whether a loan is reportable to a credit reporting agency. Members discussed consumer choice, possible costs and burdens on small-loan lenders. A motion to pass received audible support in a voice vote, with no opposition heard, and the chair ended the meeting without explicitly announcing the result.

13. February 26, 2026 · Senate Rules Committee · 24 min

    Senate Rules Committee, February 26, 2026

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee briefly reviewed bills and selected 11 measures for the Senate floor calendar. The committee unanimously approved a calendar containing SB 240, SB 437, SB 443, SB 447, SB 463, SB 468, SB 471, SB 497, SB 527, SR 800 and HB 377. Other measures received brief descriptions or acknowledgments but were not included in the approved calendar. Most reviews were limited to a few words, with little substantive discussion and no amendments offered.

14. February 25, 2026 · Senate Judiciary Committee · 1 h 34 min

    Senate Judiciary Committee, February 25, 2026

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee considered and unanimously approved three bills. SB 552 would protect public school students’ political expression and access to student meeting spaces. SB 542 would add clergy to laws against improper sexual contact involving positions of authority. The committee approved that bill with a substitute after hearing supporting testimony from a survivor and the Georgia Baptist Mission Board. SB 406 would establish state oversight of homeowners and similar associations and change foreclosure rules. Members approved an amendment requiring immediate decisions after administrative hearings, but withdrew a proposed board-training requirement. The chair said SB 406 would move to Rules.

15. February 25, 2026 · Senate Finance Committee · 1 h 00 min

    Senate Finance Committee, February 25, 2026

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee advanced four bills. It approved SB 306, requiring certified notices before conservation-use property agreements expire, by voice vote. It approved a substitute for SB 498 to create a charter-school facilities financing authority and revolving loan fund, with one member opposed. It unanimously approved a substitute for HB 1199, updating which federal tax changes Georgia adopts. It also unanimously approved SB 465, addressing large-project tax credits for workers without lawful immigration status, after adding amendments to end new eligibility for the credit on July 1, 2031, while protecting existing recipients, and prevent excess credits from offsetting employee tax withholding.

16. February 25, 2026 · House Health Committee · 57 min

    House Health Committee, February 25, 2026

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The House Health Committee approved three bills by voice vote: HB 1346, addressing maternal mental health screening and referrals; HB 1275, revising a stem cell therapy proposal to clarify that materials may come from outside Georgia; and HB 1276, addressing Medicaid eligibility verification. Members discussed funding for maternal mental health services and rejected consideration of a Medicaid expansion amendment to the stem cell bill. The Medicaid discussion focused on avoiding federal penalties while protecting eligible residents from paperwork barriers. Implementation costs and some federal requirements remained uncertain. A member requested postponement, but no separate vote on that request was recorded before the committee approved the bill.

17. February 25, 2026 · House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee · 3 h 55 min

    House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee, February 25, 2026

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee advanced HB 1226 on self-defense immunity, HB 821 on bail decisions for assaults against public safety officers, HB 1398 on alternatives to incarceration for pregnant and postpartum women, and HB 1282 on prosecution deadlines for aggravated sexual battery against children. Members amended HB 821 to cover aggravated assault against public safety officers beyond cases involving gunfire. HB 1154, which would expand the death penalty to trafficking offenses, failed for lack of a motion after constitutional concerns were raised. The chair requested more work on HB 1142, concerning a domestic violence registry, and HB 894, concerning review of long prison sentences. The committee also heard extensive testimony on HB 496, which would limit reliance on cannabis odor for police action. No vote occurred on that proposal because the committee lost its quorum.

18. February 25, 2026 · House Ways & Means Committee · 29 min

    House Ways & Means Committee, February 25, 2026 (part 2)

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee approved a substitute version of HB 1116, which the sponsor described as gradually eliminating property taxes on owner-occupied homes while giving local governments replacement funding options. Members discussed local revenue shortfalls, school funding, bond payments and a provision that could remove a homeowner’s exemption for unpaid assessments. The chair declared the bill passed after voice and raised-hand votes. No vote count was announced.

19. February 25, 2026 · House Judiciary Juvenile Committee · 1 h 06 min

    House Judiciary Juvenile Committee, February 25, 2026

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee approved four measures: HB 527, to revise child abuse response procedures; HB 1409, to expand reporting options and add required reporters of suspected child abuse; HB 1445, concerning notification when a monitored youth removes a tracking device; and SR 622, to establish a study committee on rising foster care costs. Members amended HB 527 to include a school police representative on child abuse protocol committees where applicable. Witnesses supporting that measure described inconsistent agency responses, repeated interviews and delays affecting children and families. All four measures passed by voice vote, with no opposition heard.

20. February 25, 2026 · House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee · 46 min

    House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee, February 25, 2026

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The committee heard two bills. It held HB 752, which would create tools and training for traffic stops involving people with conditions that affect communication, for further discussion without a vote. Members raised questions about the proposed license plate, privacy and vulnerability, and overlap with existing options and another proposal. The committee approved a substitute for HB 990, which would establish a program to help cover veterinary care for retired law enforcement dogs. The chair announced that HB 1412 had been removed from the agenda and would not be heard that day.

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