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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.
18. I stand corrected. Um, so thank you. I'm here to present Senate Bill 284 and ask for y- your favorable consideration of that. I don't know. I don't even have a blue sheet. I think they ran out maybe, but, um- On page three. Page three. Page three. Uh, so I, I introduced this bill last year prior to the First Liberty building and loan collapse and...
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 · 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...
Move. Second. Have a move and a second. Any objection? It's on for Tuesday. House Bill 946.
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.
Representative Evans, did you have a question on this one? Sorry. I just, um, was able to look at a, a copy of House Bill 1413. Um, Chairman Martin, you mentioned at the tail end that part of the ... And I'm so in favor of the needs-based aid bill, I can't see straight. But I see you've added Section 3 that changes the shortfall lottery reserve from 50% of...
A- and I would stipulate that if one is doing a reserve account, you do it on the last three years' spending, not revenue. As is written today, if revenue goes down, spending stays consistent, the reserve requirement would go down. You don't wanna take a reserve requirement go down while your revenues are going down and your spens- spend- spending is going...
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...
Thank you. Thank you so much. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Secretary Kelley has a question. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator Goodman, I know in my area a lot of our home inspectors are also licensed contractors who have already been licensed by the state and gone through a rigorous procedure. Uh, are there any provisions for those individuals who may...
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.
Move. Second.
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 retirement changes in SB 261 and a revised version of SB 23. It approved the substitute for SB 23, then placed that bill and HR 713, HR 1007, SB 261, SB 431 and SB 591 on a second supplemental calendar. The chair asked for opposition to each action, and none was voiced.
Moved and second. Any opposition? It's on. Senate Bill 431.
Move.
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 · 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.
Move. Second. Have a move and a second. Any opposition? It's on. Senate Bill 594 by rule substitute LC 64-0122S.
Move. Second.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 23, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 23, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to bring legislation to the House floor and set a nine-bill calendar for legislative day 36. Presentations covered health care workforce data, property-owner protections, criminal laws, scholarships and other topics. Members questioned a proposed constitutional convention for congressional term limits and the geographic reach of a federal scholarship tax credit. The committee approved a substitute for SB 395 adding language to designate emergency medical services as an essential service, then placed it on the calendar. Eight other bills also received calendar approval. One, SB 443, drew an objection and was approved by voice vote, with no count announced. The other calendar motions passed without stated opposition. The chair announced the next Rules meeting for Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Um, it's page 10. Let's see, it's gonna be SB306. Myself and, uh, Chairman Cannon were working on this together related to CUVA. And what it does is change some of the options for taxpayer notification of the CUVA covenant, uh, allows request notification by certified mail or email in addition to standard notification in order to continue these CUVAs from...
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.
Is that, is that right? What happens if we- Yes, a citizen of Georgia would've paid income taxes. So what happens if we eliminate the income tax or if you have so many deductions that you end up, you know, having a refund, for example? Is that person, is it filing it or paying it that is the key? So someone that lives here, someone that works here, those...
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 · 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...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 26, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 26, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): 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.
House Bill 1278. Move. Second.
Move and second. Any objection? It's on. Okay, under structured, structured. Senate Bill 59.
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. Second.
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.
Moved, second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1290.
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.
Second.
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 · 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 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.
Have a motion and a second. Is there any opposition? It's on. House Bill 945.
Moved. Second.
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.
Move. Second. Moved and seconded. Any opposition? It's on.
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 seconded. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 545.
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