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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 motion and a second to approve the substitute to House Bill 1112 LC 62-0462-S. Any opposition? It's approved. Okay. All right, and lastly, House Bill, Substitute House Bill 1324 LC 39-5038S. Uh, Secretary Kelley. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, this was the legislation that talks about the suppressors. Uh, there were some concerns in Section 5...
Second. Have a move and second. Is there any opposition? It's on. House Bill 547.
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.
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...
Okay. I don't see any other questions on that. Do you have anything else? That was it? I think that's enough for me, Mr. Chairman. Okay. Um, we got everybody up here. Okay. Chairman Stephens, you have one? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, on page 10, House Bill 1209, for a very, very large, um, economic development project in coastal Georgia, a sales tax refund...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 20, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 20, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on bills and resolutions covering public safety, health care, education, development, transportation and other topics. Members questioned proposals on road obstruction penalties, firearm suppressors, interference with first responders, permitting deadlines and development impact fees. The committee approved a substitute for SB 384 that added removal of vehicle registration decals to the optional five-year registration proposal. It then placed SB 23, SB 284, SB 384 and SB 395 on a supplemental calendar for that day, with no opposition voiced. No calendar decisions were recorded for the other proposals presented.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Rules Committee, uh, Senate Bill 443. Senate Bill 443. A very common sense bill. Simply states that, uh, it's changing if you're blocking roads, streets, bridges, airports, et cetera, et cetera, uh, for blockage of someone passing, like cars, ambulance, mothers taking the kids to school, et cetera, et cetera. It just moves it to a...
Uh, so I think it's a very good measure that would help the citizens of Georgia. All right. Thank you. We've got a question. Ch- Charlice Byrd. Um, good morning- Good morning ... Senator. Sorry, bad, um, speech. I live in the area where these violators lived, and I've watched firsthand people tell me they've lost their money, they've lost their savings. I...
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.
And the local government has that control so that scurrilous and questionable crowds can't get control of them, but they can then relocate them and gets it out of the litigation system. But, but is, is there some reason why we are not allowing local governments to deal with monuments that exist in their jurisdiction? Is there some reason why we have to make...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members of the committee, about the middle of, uh, page seven, House Bill 1470 deals with some abusive litigation that's taken place, uh, towards some of our small business owners as it relates to lawsuits being threatened, um, as in violation of our ADA federal statute. The language that sits before you is compromised language from...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 27, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 27, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on education, public safety, rural health care, remote notarization, home inspection licensing and other proposals. Members questioned proposed restrictions on students’ extracurricular activities, requirements for noncitizen commercial drivers, penalties for practicing law without authorization, and monitoring of homeless people on the sex offender registry. The committee placed 12 bills on the legislative day 38 floor calendar, including SB 8, SB 150, SB 403 and SB 442. The calendar vote on SB 442 drew opposition but passed by voice vote. The committee also returned SB 454 to the Public Safety Committee. No further action was shown on the other proposals presented.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Uh, I believe I have on the, uh, blue sheet SB458, which I've presented before. That is a collaboration between myself and, uh, Chairman Alan Powell and Representative Clint Crowe, but it is the Home Inspector Licensing Act. There's like 44 states that already require some form of license or certificate...
Yes, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. Um, I have, uh, a substitute to Senate Bill 111 that was in the, uh, Judiciary Committee. Um, this was, uh, what we put onto it, we used it as a vehicle and put Angie O'Steen's bill that went through the House on the Georgia Heart, uh, Tax Credit. Uh, it was stopped in the, uh, Senate. And, uh, so this is, uh, a way to try and...
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.
Yes, uh, Chairman Parrish. House Bill 1274. Uh, this bill was requested by Insurance Commissioner John King during the work of the Blue Ribbon Insurance Rate Study Committee. This is the auto excess profits bill. Uh, this model comes from Florida and several other states. In Florida, it reduced insurance premiums by a billion dollars for one particular...
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...
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.
And what we will do to start with, we've got a couple of substitutes. I'll call on, uh, Chairman Newton to, to, uh, explain, uh, House Bill 1276. Substitute, give them the LC number and your explanation, please. All right, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and Rules Committee members. Um, House Bill 1276, working off of LC521072S, this is a bill that,...
May I ask one other question? Yes, ma'am. The penalties are new. Um, so what happens if, uh, the federal guidance changes? Uh, will we have to come back and redo this bill? We have looked at that, and certainly I know there's some things coming out in May of this year, possibly in November. If you noticed on lines, uh, that, where it says, "Except as...
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.
I was gonna see if you'd allow me to share. Probably, I think it'd be on the yellow sheet. It's on the yellow. House Bill 1261. Uh, House Bill 1261 proposes an amendment to Georgia Tax Code to create a level one free port exemption for certain goods held in inventory by electric utilities. This bill is designed to offer targeted tax relief on qualifying...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I got three bills. Um, the first bill is, uh, House Bill 1266. Uh, this is actually a Sub 474108S, and this is about the boating down on the Ogeechee in that one little section where we changed the horsepower. We did go back and we added one part there that just still bans any personal watercraft, jet skis, uh, from that area. So...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 25, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee placed eight measures on the day's House calendar, including SB 306 after approving a substitute concerning low-income housing tax credits. Members questioned whether that substitute clarified existing limits or substantially changed the amount of credits available. The substitute passed by voice vote with opposition. The committee also returned SB 382 to the Ways and Means Committee without objection. Members heard requests to advance SB 594, concerning digital identity fraud, and SB 89, described by the requesting member as allowing liquor stores to sell cannabis drinks. Neither received a calendar vote during this meeting.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members. I'll be brief since I'm the only one on the wall. Uh, page four, fourth one down, Senate Bill 594, all this bill does is create a new offense of digital identity fraud, make sure our prosecute, prosecutors have a way to go after those that steal identity online and try to go out and raise money off someone...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 10, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 10, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on pedestrian visibility, library access to harmful materials, and protections against passing data center electricity costs to other customers. Members questioned whether removing librarians' exemption from obscenity laws would expose them to criminal prosecution. No calendar action was shown for those three measures. The committee adopted a substitute for HB 907 to let an existing completion school expand services into another region and returned HB 1066 to the Governmental Affairs Committee. The committee also placed six measures on the next day's calendar: HB 57, HB 383, HB 903, HB 907, HB 986, and HR 251.
Uh, thank, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I've got a, um, rule substitute to House Bill 907 that I would request that the committee consider. It makes a, um, a very minor but meaningful change on, in section two. Um, the language needed modifying, um, to make sure that an existing completion school ... could offer services in a region that does not currently have...
Move. Have a move. Second? Second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 383. Move. Second. Moved and seconded. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 903. Move. Moved and seconded. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 907 Rule Substitute LC 492636S.
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...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 31, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 31, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on school policies, campaign finance, public records, self-defense hearings, housing, permitting and other proposals. Members questioned sponsors about constitutional concerns, student safety, tenant protections and access to school facilities. The committee approved substitutes for SB 406, SB 552, SB 447, SB 587 and SB 515, with no opposition stated. Those five measures were placed on the day's floor calendar along with HR 1445, SB 111, SB 402, SB 458 and SB 501. The transcript shows no calendar decision on the other proposals presented. The chair apologized for microphone problems and asked members to watch for notice of another possible meeting before adjourning.
One officer died. The first agency to respond was Emory Police Department. That is a private, um, law enforcement agency, but they are all POST-certified law enforcement officers like every other law enforcement officer in this capital, but they do not have the same protections. So what this would do would give them and other private law enforcement,...
But because there may be someone that, um, uh, you know, for business reasons or for school reasons, you know, their registration may change, but they are, you know, still someone who pays taxes or files taxes in Georgia. If they file taxes in Georgia, they get a refund, and for whatever reason their registration moves out of state temporarily, under the...
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, members of the committee. Uh, House Bill 1182, page four, seven down. Uh, this bill has to do with our soil amendment program, which is regulated by the Department of Agriculture, and this bill just simply adds a few more rules to that program. Basically for storage, says it must be 100 feet from the property line and trucks cannot...
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 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, 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...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, members of the committee, I bring to you Senate Bill 551. It's on your back page, uh, third from the bottom. Uh, this is, uh, repealing our state's egg handling law. It's a age-old art, uh, that our Department of Agriculture oversees. Uh, it is not a food safety issue. It's more of a grading thing that, that people do back home,...
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 and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1272.
Move. Second.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 23, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 23, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to advance bills on education, insurance, courts, public safety, taxes and other subjects. Members questioned proposed SNAP eligibility checks, mandatory jail time for fleeing state officers, environmental review thresholds and scholarship rules for students with disabilities. The committee placed eight bills on the next day's House calendar: HB 310, HB 372, HB 385, HB 971, HB 1009, HB 1023, HB 1123 and HB 1193. No opposition was heard to those calendar decisions. The committee also sent HB 376 back to Ways and Means and HB 1112 back to Banks and Banking without opposition. The other requests did not receive calendar votes in this meeting. The chair announced another Rules meeting for the following morning at 9:00.
It would require ... And this bill came as a result of a study committee two years ago on pre-K. Um, would require public schools that offer pre-K and also offer availability to after-school care services to grades K through five to make those after-school services available to pre-K students on the same basis. Um, I'll just mention that there are 172...
Okay. Let's set a calendar for tomorrow, Tuesday. That'll be legislative day number 23, the 24th. Under the, uh, modified structure, House Bill 310. Moved. I have a move and a second. Is there any opposition? It's on.
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.
House Bill 1259. Move. Second.
Move and second. Any opposition? It's on. I like it when we're working together. House Bill 1277.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 25, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved substitutes for SB 411, SB 540 and SB 594, addressing professional licensing and medical practice, AI chatbot safeguards, and AI-related election content and child sexual images. Members also heard presentations on school district financial oversight, charter school funding and school consolidation referendums, and teacher tax credits. The committee placed SB 472, SB 475, SB 540, SB 594 and SB 566 on a supplemental calendar for that day. Members voiced opposition to adding the two school-related measures, but both carried by voice vote. No calendar action was shown for SB 411 or SB 515.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I bring before you a Rules Committee substitute to Senate Bill 540. I'll be working off LC64-0123S. One thing that we have seen, uh, as technology continues to develop in our society and all the benefits that, uh, we're, uh, getting through AI, we are seeing some harms that could occur. One of those, uh,...
Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Representative Kelley, does, um, this measure require age verification? I'd look, quickly looked through it. I- Yes. It does? It does. Which- And there are specific requirements for minors, and there are spec- specific requirements for adults. I'll tell you, I just want to follow up. You know, we passed a bill two years...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 9, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 9, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved HB 974, the fiscal year 2027 budget, and placed it on the next day's floor calendar. It placed HR 145 and HR 948 on that day's calendar, and SB 239 on the next day's calendar. The chair also announced and received approval for HB 420, then corrected the bill identification to SB 420. No opposition was voiced to the calendar motions. A presenter explained SB 440, but the committee took no recorded action on it. The chair announced that the next Rules Committee meeting would be at 9 a.m. the following day.
Amen. Thank you. We're gonna recognize, uh, Chairman Hatchett to speak to House Bill 974. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. A lot of those in this room this morning started at 9:00 AM going over HB 974, our fiscal year '27 budget. Uh, I didn't have any questions in committee, so I'm wondering if I'll have any on this one this time. It's a $38.5 billion budget with,...
That's Senate Bill 420. Senate Bill 420. Yeah, Senate Bill 420. I'm sorry. Okay. Uh, that'll give us something to get started on today, and we'll have the budget tomorrow, and that'll take care of that. So our next Rules Committee meeting will be tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM. Thank you all very much. We adjourn.
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