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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...
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...
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 firefighter and tax court pension changes and approved substitutes for SB 462 and SB 552. The ambulance-billing substitute combined surprise-billing and excess-profits provisions. The school-related substitute removed literacy provisions added earlier that day and restored an earlier committee version. The committee then set a supplemental floor calendar. Objections prompted voice votes on placing SB 175, SB 423 and SB 552 on the calendar, and each motion carried. The other calendar motions passed without stated opposition. The committee then adjourned.
Have a move and a second. Is there any opposition? Okay, it's approved. Now we're gonna recognize, uh, Vice Chair Leverett to speak to Senate Bill 552. Wireless. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um- Wait a minute ... in the spirit of deja vu all over again, on Senate Bill 552, um, we are, uh, undoing the changes we did this morning. So we've removed the literacy...
It carries. Senate Bill 398.
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.
Yes, Mr. Chairman, I'd be glad to. Excuse me. So there is a substitute, should be on your desk, to Senate Bill 552. 552, the, the LC number is 492860S. So this was the sort of what I would call the state version of the Equal Access Act that requires school systems to allow equal access to facilities th- ex- and, and not to discriminate against groups based...
But those categories would also include potentially, um, other viewpoints that can be view- deemed to be political, such as anarchists, communists, white supremacists, et cetera. So all of those would be allowed under this language? Well, I, uh, I mean, they could be. I would add, that is, that is verbatim basically what the federal Equal Access Act is,...
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...
Moved. 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...
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 10, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 10, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved a Rules substitute for HR 145, a resolution urging vision and hearing screenings in schools for young students. The sponsor explained that the substitute corrected the resolution to refer to the House of Representatives rather than the General Assembly. No opposition was voiced. The chair said the committee would not set a calendar that day because the budget was scheduled to be taken up, and announced a meeting for 11 a.m. the next day to set Thursday’s calendar.
Great. Thank you. Glad to have y'all with us today. Thank you for visiting. Okay. Uh, let's recognize Chairman Erwin to speak to House Resolution 145. Great. Thank you, Chairman and members. Uh, on the white paper in front of you, you got HR 145. It was recommitted yesterday. Uh, it's the urging resolution for vision and hearing screening in schools for our...
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, I bring you House Bill 1114. It's at, near the bottom of page four in your blue sheets. Uh, in 2022, we passed a financial literacy, uh, bill that required high schoolers to complete a c- half-credit course in financial literacy, uh, for the 11th and 12th grade. This bill simply allows that, uh, course to be taken in the 9th and...
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...
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.
For a local educational agency who wants to run a virtual school with a statewide attendance zone. Okay. No, no questions. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator Williams.
Tim Wade. Leader Wade. Thank you, Chairman. Uh, we're on page four, c- uh, colleagues, committee members. Uh, fifth from the bottom, House Bill 1164. This is to, uh, do basically two major things. One, to require State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee, uh, that will meet a certain minimum number of times a year, and to enhance and bring into...
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.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, uh, Mr. Chairman, for your work on this, uh, piece. Talk to us about, uh, the impact on schools. I, I hear you talking about local governments, but what, what say the schools? Um, have worked very, very closely with the schools. And, um, I, I, I think that we have come up with a plan that rolls this, uh, 40% down to 10%...
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...
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.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. Uh, House Bill 669 is not on your blue sheet. It came out of a very busy, uh, education committee, uh, yesterday. Uh, thanks to Chairman Ir- Chair- Chairman Irvin. Um, but the, uh, House Bill 669 would allow, uh, school systems to improve, um, uh, access roofing, uh, uh, approve... Let me back up and...
This gives counties that want to eliminate the homestead tax, ad valorem tax, an alternative source of funding. And then the second bill is- Hold on just a minute. Yes, sir. You got a question. I have. Okay. Lady Hugley has a question for you. Thank, excuse me. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I didn't quite hear what you said. Would you say that again? Would you...
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.
All those in favor say yes. Yes. That carries. It's on. House Bill 1328.
Moved.
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 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.
Moved and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1208.
House Bill 1269. Moved. Second.
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.
Second.
Moved and seconded. Any opposition? Objection. Have an objection. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed, no. No. It's on. House Bill 1318. Move.
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.
Moved and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1266.
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 1195.
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.
No. Okay, the ayes have it. It's on. House Bill 1295.
Moved. 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.
Uh, do you assume that after screening, many accomplishments can be made by these childrens if the parents are just given guidance on how to deal with them? Absolutely. I think so many of this, so many of these children, because they do not go diagnosed, their behavior is misunderstood, and the defiance and anger that comes out, um, as a result of that...
Yes, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. So at, uh, page two, uh, the third one down, HB 541, this bill may seem a little familiar to some of you. It was first introduced in 2020, has had seven years of work on it involving times when things were added in the other chamber. One time it was vetoed, but we worked very closely with the governor's office to bring it into...
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