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Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 4, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 4, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee sent HB 1095 back to the Regulated Industries Committee without objection. It approved a substitute for HB 1178 adding the House Appropriations Committee chair to the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight Committee, then placed that version on a supplemental calendar. The committee also placed 14 other listed measures on the calendar. Members objected to placing HB 1247, HB 1276 and HB 1379 on the calendar, but each motion carried by voice vote. No vote counts were stated, and the calendar decisions included no discussion of the measures' substance. The chair announced another Rules Committee meeting for 11 a.m. the next day.
Moved and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1368.
Moved. Second.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 16, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 16, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard bill presentations and set a six-bill floor calendar: SB 160, SB 177, SB 432, SB 435, SB 524 and SB 535. Members approved a substitute for SB 177 and placed it on the calendar by voice vote over opposition. The other calendar additions drew no stated opposition. Questions about SB 116 focused on constitutional protections, citizenship determinations, local costs and indefinite DNA retention. The committee also returned SB 411 to the Health Committee without objection. No calendar action was shown for the other bills presented.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I bring to you this morning, um, Senate Bill 523. It's on the second page, a little below the halfway mark. And this bill is similar to my House Bill 1363 that's gonna create a K through 12, um, coordinator for discrimination claims in our schools. Um, and I was very excited. Senator Goodman was more than happy to accept the...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of committee. Uh, second page, very top of the page, SB293. And you, everybody will probably recognize 293 as the bill. We had a House bill, HB1267. Didn't, did not make it to the floor on crossover. Uh, SB293, the language from it last year got passed on a another bill when it combined some tag bills. Uh, so I was using...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 3, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 3, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee sent HB 1445 back to the Judiciary Juvenile Committee without opposition. It then placed seven bills on a second supplemental calendar for the day under modified structure: HB 664, HB 1230, HB 1268, HB 1290, HB 1310, HB 1324 and HB 1396. A member objected to placing HB 1324 on the calendar. After a voice vote with both support and opposition heard, the chair announced that it was on the calendar. The other calendar motions drew no opposition. No bill presentations or substantive debate occurred.
It's on. House Bill 1396.
Moved. Second. Moved and second. Any opposition? It's on. Thank you very much.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 6, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 6, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee placed seven bills on a supplemental calendar for the day. Six were added without objection. A committee member objected to adding HB 1265, prompting a voice vote. The chair declared that the ayes carried, and that bill was also added. No bill presentations or debate on the bills’ contents occurred.
House Bill 1269. Moved. Second.
Moved and second. Any objection? It's on. House Bill 1354.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 5, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 5, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved five substitutes and placed 15 bills on the next legislative day's floor calendar. Members objected to placing HB 1324, HB 1377, HB 880 and HB 1261 on the calendar, but each motion carried by voice vote. Presentations covered vehicle-tag fraud, postproduction tax credits, youth GPS monitoring, ketamine clinics, Medicaid appeals, permitting, taxpayer privacy, cash-payment rounding and firearm suppressors. Members also requested consideration of a road-naming resolution. The chair deferred action on bills not yet available in members' packets and announced another Rules meeting for the following morning.
Second. Have a move and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1345.
Moved.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 4, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 4, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to bring bills to the House floor on education, healthcare, taxes, public safety, local government and other subjects. Members questioned proposals on firearm rules, access to death recordings, district attorney pay, foreign funding disclosures and transit tax votes. The committee approved a substitute for HB 1138 restoring earlier language. It sent HB 947 back to Agriculture and Consumer Affairs and HB 490 back to Economic Development and Tourism. A motion to send HB 1386 back to committee failed. The committee then placed 14 bills on the day's floor calendar, including HB 1138 with the approved substitute. Members also questioned differences in how requests for changes were handled. The chair said the approaching legislative deadline limited time to return every proposed change to committee.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, on page, um, eight, halfway down, House Bill 1379, this bill, uh, increases transparency in foreign funding in, in our, uh, institutions of education across the state. Okay. Got a question. Whip Park has a question. Uh, Represent- thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, Representative Gaines, um, have you been able to receive any updates...
How about now? There we go. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members of the committee, um, I bring to you, uh, for consideration House Bill 1377. It's the middle of page eight. 1377 is the bill number. All this does is put in a, uh, a waiting period after a failed transit referendum to hold a new referendum. Okay. Do you have a question? What part? So why are we...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 25, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to advance bills on public safety, healthcare, education, taxes, licensing, property and other topics. It set floor calendars for the current day and Thursday. The current day's calendar included HB 1024, HB 1329, HB 519 and HB 1001, among others. Members objected to adding HB 1001, but the chair declared that the voice vote favored adding it. Thursday's calendar included HB 1262, HB 1263, HB 1274 and HB 1344. The committee returned HB 1275 to the Health Committee after questions about restrictions on stem cell materials. It also returned HB 1073, HB 1028 and HB 1224 to their respective committees. Most other presentations ended without questions or a scheduling decision shown in the transcript.
Thank you, Chairman Parrish, members of the Rules Committee. I have two insurance bills on page six and a few other bills. Uh, the first insurance bill on page six is House Bill 1344. This is the product of the House Blue Ribbon Insurance Rate Study Committee appointed by Speaker John Burns to make insurance more affordable for hardworking Georgians, and it...
Good morning, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I present for your consideration HB1076, which is the second bill, second from the bottom on page three. HB1076 is a public safety bill with the purpose of protecting the lives and wellbeing of law enforcement officers as well as members of the general public. The bill would make it a felony to use a...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 3, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 3, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved revised versions of HR 1114 and HB 1116, a paired property-tax relief proposal. The sponsor described a 10-year reduction in the taxable share of home values, sales-tax options to replace property-tax revenue, and state grants to help local governments and schools. Members questioned school funding, financial analysis and whether the proposal would increase sales taxes. The committee approved both substitutes without stated opposition, then placed both measures on the day's supplemental floor calendar under a structured rule. Members voiced objections to each calendar placement, but the chair declared both approved after voice votes. No vote counts were given.
Is there any opposition? It's approved. Okay. Now we're gonna call on Chairman Blackmon to present, uh, House Bill 1116, the rule substitute. That's LC33-9896S. Right. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Um, similarly, without getting into, uh, too much more, I would just mention that, that this, uh, bill once again provides, helps provide...
And, uh, again, we've continued to, to try to make adjustments in accordance with their requests. Um, but that is, in short, the bill, Mr. Chairman. Okay, you've heard the explanation of the bill. Do we have any questions for the chairman? You do have a question. Whip Park has a question. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So just to, um, clarify my mind, the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 6, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 6, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): After a printing delay, the committee set a supplemental House floor calendar. Members approved revised versions of HB 1276 on Medicaid eligibility checks, HB 1413 on scholarships, HB 1116 on local taxes and property-tax limits, and HB 1390 on forfeiture of vehicles used in reckless stunt driving. Questions focused on federal Medicaid requirements, scholarship work requirements, and whether vehicle forfeiture changes could affect existing enforcement tools. The committee then placed these and other measures on the calendar. Several calendar motions passed by voice vote after objections, with no vote counts stated. The committee later moved HB 1116 to the structured portion of the calendar.
Moved and seconded. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1394. Move.
Second.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 17, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 17, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to bring forward bills on taxes, education, health, public safety and other topics. Members questioned the proposed income tax cut, including its effects on different incomes, revenue safeguards and funding for other tax relief. The committee placed eight measures on the day's calendar without stated opposition: HB 256, HB 662, HB 818, HB 956, HB 987, HB 1022, HB 1063 and HB 1121. It also returned HB 880 to the Ways and Means Committee and HB 1266 to the Game, Fish, and Parks Committee without stated opposition. The other presentations did not result in calendar placement or another decision during this meeting.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, I appreciate this opportunity to bring you House Bill 1096. This is a result of our, uh, study committee that was evaluating funding for public health. It is a department bill. It seeks to assist in creating a sustainable career ladder that will help in improving employee retention at the department. Uh,...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I bring to you this morning House Bill 943, which is located on the second page about three-quarters of the way down. House Bill 943, um, would establish a five-year pilot program with the goal, um, of screening every child in foster care and under supervision of DCH within the next five years. This bill comes to us courtesy of the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 2, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to move forward a wide range of measures covering taxes, housing, health care, education, public safety, workforce development and state symbols. Members questioned proposals on self-defense cases, income tax cuts, Medicaid eligibility checks, development permits and airport funding. The chair announced that HR 114 and HB 1116 were returned to Ways and Means without opposition, although a subsequent exchange created uncertainty about the first measure's number. Most other measures received brief presentations without questions. No floor calendar selections or votes on those requests were recorded. The chair adjourned the meeting and announced another meeting for 5 p.m.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and to the members of the committee. I will be presenting House Bill 334, which is found on the first page, towards the bottom. House Bill 334 would require our Department of Community Health to conduct an annual review of medications and treatments for individuals that are impacted by sickle cell. The purpose of the annual review...
Good morning, Mr. Chairman and committee. I am here to present House Bill 1045, which is on page four, line six. HB 1045, known as You Are Not Alone Act, requires all Georgia p- public schools that issue student identif- identification badges grades six through 12 to print 988 Suicide Crisis Hotline on the back of student badges. This legislation is...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 4, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 4, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee returned HB 1224 to Agriculture, HB 1254 to Regulated Industries and HB 1232 to Education without objection. It then added 17 bills to a supplemental calendar for the day. Members voiced opposition to adding HB 963, but the chair declared that motion carried after a voice vote. The other calendar additions drew no stated opposition. No bill provisions were presented or debated before the committee adjourned.
Move. Second.
Move and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1391.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 6, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 6, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to bring bills before the House on crossover day, covering education, health, taxes, elections, courts, local government and other subjects. Members questioned proposals on development moratoriums, monument removal and lottery reserves for scholarships. Several bills had recently left other committees, and members said copies were missing from their materials. The chair said copies would be provided and that the committee expected to meet again later to set a supplemental calendar. No votes or calendar selections were recorded before adjournment.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, my bill is House Bill 1132. It's not on, uh, the blue sheet, but, um, I'm just kinda hoping to throw a Hail Mary here in the hopes that somebody catches it for the win. Um, I like to call this bill the Affordable Housing Bill. And, um, what it basically does is it allows a tax, uh, ex- um, exemption for, um, the, uh, building...
Um, to continue the trend, I have one that came out this morning, House Bill 276, and what the bill does is allow for a tax credit for the construction of, um, uh, woody biomass energy producing facilities. That, that one will be out later today.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 6, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 6, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on a domestic violence registry, charter school changes, automatic contract renewals and temporary fireworks stands. It also discussed and approved a substitute for HB 812, concerning housing, permits and zoning, after questions about exceptions for certain local governments. The committee then placed 11 measures on a supplemental floor calendar for that day, including HB 812. That bill drew objections during both substitute approval and calendar placement, but both motions passed. The other calendar placements passed without stated opposition. No further action was recorded on the four bills presented earlier.
There's three moves right over here. And we've got a second. Is there any objection? It's on. House Bill 1267. Move. Second. Have a move and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1434. Move. Second. Move and second. Any objection? It's on. House Resolution, House Resolution 1300.
House Bill 1058. Move. Second. Have a move and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1166. Move. Second. Move and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1177. Move. Second. Is there a move?
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 2, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee returned HB 810 to the Health Committee and set the House calendar for Tuesday, legislative day 26. It placed 16 bills on the calendar under modified rules and HB 1209 under structured rules. A member objected to placing HB 574 on the calendar, but the motion carried by voice vote. No opposition was heard to the other calendar motions. There were no presentations or discussions of the bills’ contents. The chair announced another Rules Committee meeting for 9 a.m. the next morning.
Moved. Second.
Moved and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1196.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 2, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on bills covering health care, local government, courts, workers, veterans and other issues. Members questioned limits on using COVID-19 vaccination status in transplant decisions and a proposal allowing property owners to seek relief over local governments’ failure to enforce laws. The committee placed HB 557, HB 659 and HB 960 on Monday’s floor calendar without objection. It also placed HB 350, HB 946 and HB 999 on Tuesday’s calendar without objection. No calendar action was shown for the other proposals presented.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. My bill is HB 350, which is number four on page one. This bill allows for the placement of newborn safety devices at places like police departments and fire departments. The bill also has, uh, language in it that provides for alarms that will, uh, sound, that will, uh, alert, uh, uh, the fire department or police...
Yes. Got a question for you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Representative Clifton, has this been done in other states? Uh, that's a great question. I'm not sure. Uh, uh, this was all on my help with DNR's reaching out. I didn't look to any other states to determine how they do and don't do things. I know there are other states that h- allow other ways of killing...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 3, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 3, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on HB 1268, an annual code update; HB 1354, concerning medical-provider credentialing; HB 275, concerning uniform assessment language; and HB 963, concerning foreign-national involvement in ballot-measure campaigns. Members questioned whether the credentialing proposal would address Medicaid payment rates and how campaigns would report and verify donations under the election proposal. The committee also heard a presentation on a resolution supporting the arts as a resource for mental health and trauma recovery. No votes or decisions to place measures on a calendar were recorded. Before adjournment, the chair advised members that another meeting might be called later that day.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and committee members. I bring before you House Bill 1268. It's our code revision bill, annual code revision bill, uh, that seeks to, it's a housekeeping bill and updating measures. Um, no substantive changes, just, um, um, uh, modernizing today's code. It's the one we do every year. Okay. I don't see any questions. Thank you....
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 25, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee set a supplemental calendar for that afternoon, placing HB 421, HB 1164, HB 1185, HB 1259, HB 1277, HB 942 and HB 1076 under modified structure, and HB 1070 under structured rules. Members objected to adding HB 1164, HB 1185 and HB 942, but the chair declared each approved after voice votes. The other listed bills were added without stated opposition. No bill provisions were presented or debated. The committee then adjourned.
Move. So moved. And a second. Any objection? Objection. Have an objection. All those in favor of putting House Bill 1164 on, please say aye. Aye. Those opposed, no. No. It passes. It's on.
Okay, it's on. House Bill 1076. 1076.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 5, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 5, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on recovery support, medical licensing and hospital credentialing, commercial vehicle rules, electronic window tinting and license plates, school emergency response supplies, and ketamine clinic oversight. Members questioned sponsors about licensing delays, hospital participation, vehicle technology restrictions and protections for existing clinic owners. The committee placed HB 629, HB 945 and HB 980 on Friday’s calendar without opposition. No calendar action was shown for the other listed bills presented. The chair announced that there would be no Rules Committee meeting the following day and that the next meeting would be Monday at 9 a.m.
Uh, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm asking for HB9, I mean, excuse me, 629. It's on the front page. Um, this is a bill that we had last year, and this bill is now a substitute. It includes a very important issue with stop-the-bleed kits. The, it adds these kits, the training for these kits, to the CPR and AED trainings that are taught in our school to the...
Okay, don't see any other questions on that. Any other member of the committee have anything they wanna present this morning? Okay. Let's do this. Let's set a calendar for Friday, the legislative day number 14. House Bill 629, do I hear a move? Moved. Second.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 11, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 11, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on vehicle titles, bankruptcy exemptions, foster caregivers, firefighter safety, judicial privacy, student sports physicals, pharmacy payments and insurance coverage. It returned HB 211 and HB 1024 to the Judiciary Committee. It approved a substitute for HB 998 and placed it on Thursday’s House calendar along with HR 999, HB 948, HB 983 and SB 195. The committee held off on scheduling HB 810 after a request to consider it Tuesday instead. No further action was recorded on the other bills presented. The chair announced that the committee would not meet Thursday morning and would next meet Tuesday.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, I have a rule substitute I would like to propose for the committee's consideration today. It's a substitute to House Bill 998. That was the, uh, Universal Access Fund bill that I presented last week. Um, I believe the substitute is in your books. It's LC56-0570S. 56-0570S. So just very briefly, you'll recall this, uh, bill...
We're also apo- imposing a $50 million annual cap on the disbursements. We're requiring that audits be submitted. The PSC already requires it, but we're making it part of the statute. And we're requiring PSC to submit a biannual report on the fund because there have been a number of questions about how much money is in the fund, how many people pay in, how...
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