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Meeting transcript · Georgia House of Representatives · March 6, 2026
House floor session, March 6, 2026 (legislative day 28, PM, part 2)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The House passed 18 bills covering property taxes, housing, health coverage, utility disconnections, service dogs, criminal law, education aid and court procedures. Extended debate focused on HB 1116, a property-tax and local sales-tax package that passed 98-68, and HB 947, changes to SNAP administration that passed 95-66. Members also approved HB 1413, establishing need-based college scholarships, 165-2. A proposed constitutional amendment to allow voters to decide on sports betting, HR 450, failed 63-98 after debate over addiction, regulation and the use of revenue. The House adopted a group of recognition and memorial resolutions, then adjourned until March 9 at 1 p.m.
I had no idea the ramifications when I was a teenager of how this would end up being for my family. But going back to the sports betting part, this is already happening. This happens all the time in our state. It's just unregulated. And it's happening primarily in offshore platforms that are gonna do the things that Representative Ballender, Balland...
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, I do rise, uh, today in support of House Resolution 450. Uh, colleagues, this legislation's ultimately about something that's very simple: letting the people of Georgia decide. For years, we have watched our neighboring states modernize their gambling laws and capture billions of dollars in economic activity. Meanwhile, Georgians...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House of Representatives · April 2, 2026
House floor session, April 2, 2026 (legislative day 40, PM, part 1)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The House debated school attendance restrictions, public health changes, tax relief, insurance coverage, school safety, care for children stranded in hospitals, and regulatory changes. Members initially rejected SB 513, then voted to reconsider it and returned it to the Rules Committee. The House passed SB 440 after debate focused on access to ivermectin without a prescription. Members approved amended Senate versions of property and income tax measures, prosthetic coverage legislation, an education package, a Medicaid and child placement measure, and regulatory legislation that also addressed disclosure of harassment settlements. Six local measures passed together, while HB 1534 returned to committee. The House recessed until 7:30.
Linking the privilege to school attendance, they would argue, gives families and students a concrete incentive to address a chronic absenteeism, which is genuine and documented problem in Georgia schools. The Everyday Counts Act, as it is titled, reflects a real concern about students who are disengaged from school and the long-term consequences of that...
We should not build a punitive system that expands government reach into family life without evidence that the punishment produces the outcome we want. Mr. Speaker, I stand today not as a legislator, but as a parent, and I urge my colleagues to vote no on SB513. Thank you. I yield the floor. Lady has yielded the will. Representative Karen Lupton is...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House of Representatives · March 3, 2026
House floor session, March 3, 2026 (legislative day 26, AM)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The House passed HB 158, creating a central database for business trade names, HB 1191, expanding eligibility for military specialty license plates, HB 1192, requiring public-assistance accounting reports, and HB 1195, changing veterinary teletriage rules. The House rejected HB 717, which proposed licensing and safety rules for ketamine clinics, after debate focused on patient safety and physician ownership requirements. The majority leader gave notice of reconsideration, and the chair said the matter would return the next legislative day. The House also heard first and second readings and committee reports on numerous measures, recognized the retiring executive director of the Georgia Peanut Commission under HR 1196, and welcomed community groups. The session recessed until 2 p.m.
It's a psychedelic drug. People can have out-of-body experiences. They can hallucinate. There is a variety of side effects that occur from this drug. All of a sudden, there with no loopholes and no oversight, we're beginning to get ketamine clinics across our state. They are functioning without any regulation. Any safety precalls, uh, and precautions such...
When you see pictures of the equipment, there's just a big room and a reclining chair where they are given the IV. These drug- the side effects can occur immediately or they can occur two and three and four hours afterwards. There's no restriction on when, how long they have to be observed, if they have to, if they can drive themselves. It's just sort of a...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House of Representatives · March 6, 2026
House floor session, March 6, 2026 (legislative day 28, AM)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The House passed HB 717, regulating ketamine clinics, and four education and workforce measures: HB 1293, HB 1114, HB 1328 and HB 1345. Members debated HB 1446, which would move emergency medical services oversight to a new council. It failed 52 to 114, but the House then voted 107 to 62 to reconsider it. No second passage vote appears before the lunch recess. The House also returned HB 812 and HB 1116 to the Rules Committee, heard first and second readings and committee reports, and recognized visitors and public service. The session recessed until 2:15 p.m.
House Bill 1446 by Representative Leverett of the 123rd and others being entitled an act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to emergency medical services so as to transfer responsibility for the oversight of the emergency medical services from the Department of Public Health to the Georgia Emergency Medical...
Um, and then the state office would be moved under that council, and other associated tasks that the state EMS office does would also be moved to the council. And then we make just a number of other conforming changes to the code. So the intention is we're not really ... O- other than that structural change, we're not making any substantive policy changes...
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