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Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 23, 2026
Senate floor session, March 23, 2026 (legislative day 36)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed HB 1009, extending school-day phone restrictions to high school students, after rejecting an amendment allowing access between classes. Senators also passed measures on advanced math, forestry tax credits, local property-tax relief, bankruptcy protections, school financial oversight, public health employees and medical treatment rules. A substitute to HB 154 replaced its ambulance provisions with a proposal to seek year-round Atlantic Standard Time. A lengthy debate over district attorney pay ended with passage of HB 1020, followed by notice of a request to reconsider it. Senators left SB 350, concerning DeKalb County officials’ pay, available for later action after questions about conflicting pay provisions. They returned HB 79 to the Rules Committee, adopted a family-farm study resolution and agreed to the House changes to SB 427. The Senate adjourned until March 25.
Soon as you get to the building, your phone is put away." And they can still do that. Thank you, senator. Yes, sir. Got one more question. So recognize senator from the 4th. Senator, yield? To my esteemed chairman, I absolutely do. Thank you, sir. Um, senator, are you aware that, um, Georgia Southern University College of Education did a study back latter...
I've had a sc- one of my largest school districts took last year's legislation, and they banned the phones throughout the district, and the results, while talking to teachers, was astounding. She said that the students seemed happier. They communicated more with each other. They participated more in class. I think giving them the opportunity to not have...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House of Representatives · April 2, 2026
House floor session, April 2, 2026 (legislative day 40, PM, part 2)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The House adopted the fiscal year 2027 budget agreement in HB 974, passed voting-system changes in SB 214, and approved numerous agreements on Senate changes to House legislation. Topics included insurance claims, property transfers after death, traffic stops and school-zone cameras, contraception access, repeat misdemeanor offenses, newborn surrender, and child-abuse reporting. The House also passed local legislation and road-naming resolutions. Two local homestead-exemption bills did not receive enough votes to pass, but the House voted to reconsider them, with no later passage shown. Members honored the first lady, heard remarks from the governor, and thanked legislative staff. The chair announced that study-committee requests would be considered for panels to be appointed later. The House then adjourned for the session.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to ask the House to agree to the Senate substitute for 651. Mr. Clerk will read the caption. House Bill 651 to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2, Chapter 14 in Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to speed detection devices so as to revise provisions relative to the use of automated traffic...
Again, we feel that, again, with clarity and consistency, it reads to fair outcomes, removing bias. So again, appreciate, um, all parties working with us to make this the best possible version. This was adopted without objection and unanimously by the Senate. Section three is regarding tinting and essentially harmonizes our window tinting law of motor...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 31, 2026
Senate floor session, March 31, 2026 (legislative day 39, part 2)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed bills on transportation agencies, repeat misdemeanor offenses, traffic stops, cancer treatment facilities, estate transfers and other topics. It passed HB 297, which would combine two transportation authorities, 30 to 19 after debate over state and local control. Senators also agreed to House changes on teacher retirement, homeowners associations, unclaimed property and other legislation. They replaced SB 17 with a process for intervening in financially distressed cities, approving the amended version 32 to 17 after substantial debate. The Senate rejected House changes to SB 398 because the sponsor said protections for children had been removed. Several bills were tabled, and nine were briefly removed from the table and tabled again to preserve their availability for Thursday. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. on April 2.
Mr. President, I move that the Senate agree to the House substitute to SB589. Secretary, read the caption. Senate Bill 589 by Senator Brass of the 6th and others. A bill to be entitled an act to amend part three of article six of chapter two of title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to educational programs under the Quality Basic...
And then a third provision was added and if a school has student ID badges on the back, they will put 988, you are not alone, and this is a, a number that these kids can text or call if they're experiencing suicidal crisis, emotional distress, or challenges with substance abuse. I'll yield for questions. You do have a question. Recognize the senator from...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House of Representatives · March 31, 2026
House floor session, March 31, 2026 (legislative day 39, part 3)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The House passed measures on synthetic hemp products, unclaimed livestock, public pensions, foster students’ school enrollment, and disruption of religious services. It adopted resolutions supporting arts-based mental health initiatives and promotion of the 988 crisis line. Members also approved Senate changes to HB 1077, HB 1185, SB 207, and HB 535. The House approved an amended version of HB 328 after discussion of school tax credits and an eight-year waiting period for certain transit votes. Debate included concerns about shareholder access to company records, protection of protests near religious services, and restrictions on local transit votes. The House adopted a group of honorary resolutions, postponed SB 437 and SB 446 to the next legislative day, and adjourned until April 2 at 10 a.m.
Gentleman has yielded the well. For what purpose does Representative Wilkerson rise? Thank you. Um, parliamentary inquiry, I guess. He's not in the well, so, um, I, i- parliamentary inquiry. State your inquiry. Is it not true I was gonna ask about the 25% increase in the student scholarship tax credit that goes to private schools? The gentleman was going to...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 31, 2026
Senate floor session, March 31, 2026 (legislative day 39, part 1)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed measures on early reading instruction, property tax limits, additional judgeships, healthcare, foster care and local government. Senators approved HB 1193 unanimously after revising its literacy coaching and oversight provisions. Debate on HB 1116 centered on homeowner tax relief, sales taxes and limits on local revenue, and the bill passed 31-19. The Senate also approved constitutional proposals for nonpartisan probate judge elections and a Next Generation 911 fund. Senators appointed budget negotiators for HB 974, tabled several measures and voted to prevent floor amendments to a group of tax and campaign finance bills. The transcript ends with HB 297 pending as the Senate paused for dinner.
But we also passed a great bill, House Bill 538, which brought back the science for reading. Most of the people in this room, I think all the people in this room, learned how to read based on phonics. Now our students are really learning how to read based on phonics. Prior to April, prior to April 2023, all we were told in Georgia was how proud we are of...
And you know what? Y'all were shocked. Y'all could not believe what we were saying. Y'all were shocked. More than that, I think you were embarrassed about it. I was. I was embarrassed to know that children in our, in my county couldn't read, and I was embarrassed to know that we were the greatest state in the nation, but yet our children couldn't read. And...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House of Representatives · March 31, 2026
House floor session, March 31, 2026 (legislative day 39, part 2)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The House passed measures on home inspector licensing, rural health care, fire safety, student groups, development permits, insurance, artificial intelligence images, higher education and firefighter pensions. Members also approved Senate changes to several House bills, including HB 1193, the early literacy measure, unanimously. Extended debates focused on student group access, permit deadlines, campaign contributions and monument protections. The House tabled SB 423 and HB 61. After a motion to table SB 175, the chair announced that the bill failed, 89 to 73, leaving the procedural outcome unclear. Members also passed a local calendar and adopted a group of honorary resolutions before recessing until 8 p.m.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move that this House agree to the Senate substitute for HB 1275. Mr. Clerk will read the caption. House Bill 1275 to be entitled an Act to Amend Article 2, Chapter 34, Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to medical practice so as to ensure that stem cell therapies are used to advance medical treatments and...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 18, 2026
Senate floor session, March 18, 2026 (legislative day 33)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed HB 998 on rural telephone service, HB 1159 on tax relief for farm assistance payments, HB 1302 on education and workforce coordination, HB 1379 on foreign funding disclosures, HB 999 on magistrate courts, and HB 376 on historic rehabilitation tax credits. Senators also agreed to House changes to SB 220, with further amendments to the medical cannabis proposal. Debate included rural communications, utility consumer protections, minimum wage, foreign influence in schools, access to small claims court, and cannabis benefits and risks. The Senate returned HB 439 to the Finance Committee to fix an error and received numerous committee reports and bill readings. A senator gave notice of plans to consider House changes to HB 1199 on the next legislative day. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. March 19.
They've already been ruled out of order, and my decision's been sustained by the body. Thank you, though, Senator. Very clever and creative. Chair recognizes the senator from the 55th. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. presiding Officer. State your inquiry, Senator. Is it not true that one of these amendments could be withdrawn and the rule would not have any...
I took a class in college one time that was talking about the philosophy of technology and whether technology shapes culture or whether culture shapes technology. One of the biggest examples is, do y'all know why songs typically are about two to three minutes historically? It's not because humans just love that time. It's because back in the day, three...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 27, 2026
Senate floor session, March 27, 2026 (legislative day 38)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed a revised election bill, HB 960, after extended debate, and approved the fiscal year 2027 budget, HB 974, 52-0. After the House rejected the budget changes, the Senate insisted on its version, leaving the chambers in disagreement. Senators also passed measures on income taxes, maternal leave for state employees, religious instruction during school hours, homelessness-service reporting, transit taxes, railroad maintenance, service dogs, teacher preparation and business court cases. Several bills were substantially rewritten from their original subjects. The Senate agreed to House changes on measures covering medical cannabis reporting, emergency services, securities fraud, school finances, clergy misconduct, AI chatbots and other subjects. It tabled SB 346, read numerous bills and committee reports, and adjourned until March 31.
Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, I rise to speak, uh, against this bill. I find it troubling, and I, let me share my point of view. Um- First of all, this amendment pulls us back into having, having school facilities used by an outside entity, uh, to, to, d- to do their moral or religious ed- moral character building religious education. So we've, we got the...
Give them a facility. Come on, come on campus and, and bring your, the thing that you're gonna make money off. That's what that, that's, that's what the program is about. It's a vendor making money, and now we have it a, a... And it got over here to the Senate, and all of a sudden may become shall. And then the next thing you know, we got an am- yeah, you,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 25, 2026
Senate floor session, March 25, 2026 (legislative day 37)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed bills on education scholarships, elections, retirement benefits, tax credits, courts, boating and military scholarships. After debate, it passed HB 328, expanding education tax credits, 30 to 20, and HB 369, changing certain county elections to nonpartisan elections, 32 to 21. It tabled HB 1185 after discussion of business court rules and several amendments. Senators approved revised school-zone camera rules in HB 651 and agreed to House changes on reckless stunt driving, pharmacist access to HIV prevention medicine, school discrimination complaints, insurance decisions involving artificial intelligence and DeKalb County compensation. The session also included bill readings, committee referrals and ceremonial recognitions. The Senate adjourned until March 27 at 10 a.m.
And so we've had a long day. We've had a long year because here we are back. And finally, I believe through work done by attorneys that I trust, we've come to something that I believe is a fair compromise. And so I'm gonna walk through this section by section, and if you have any questions when I get to the end, I'll be happy for you and I to, to read the...
Can come in and strip the permit away from any municipality that are misusing these. I have a city in my jurisdiction that were running radar outside of their city limits by one mile. A complaint was made, I followed through with the Department of Public Safety, and that city lost the ability to run radar for one year. So we have that authority here too, or...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 4, 2026
Senate floor session, March 4, 2026 (legislative day 27)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed measures on outdoor conservation funding, retirement benefits, rental-home guarantees, condominium insurance, student political expression, school discrimination complaints, campus police protections, specialty license plates and cursive instruction. It also passed SB 406, establishing oversight of property owners associations, after adopting two amendments. Senators rejected amendments addressing broader religious-discrimination language, excused absences for civic events and local rent regulation. A road-naming resolution was adopted, while SR 668, concerning property taxation of data-center equipment, was set aside. The Senate confirmed a group of governor’s appointments 44-7 and tabled one nomination. Numerous bills received first or second readings. The chamber adjourned until 9 a.m. Friday, March 6.
You're good. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, so the True Patriotism Universal Student Access Act is inspired by Charlie Kirk's brave efforts to bring both the word of God and the truth of conservative values to school campuses across America through open discussion and debate in public forums. In the spirit and memory of Charlie's work, the TPUSA Act in...
With that, Mr. President, I would ask your favorable consideration. I'll be happy to answer any questions. You have no questions. Thank you, Mr. President. Had a late arrival, so he's, the senator's yielded. You can speak to the amendment if you like. The, from the amendment standpoint, let me just say that, uh, this has to do with extracurricular...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · February 26, 2026
Senate floor session, February 26, 2026 (legislative day 25)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed seven measures addressing emergency defibrillator locations, local government investments, signal jammers, school financial oversight, healthcare workforce data, student attendance and community mental health services. Debate focused on state authority over elected school boards and whether new attendance requirements would burden schools without funding. Senators also heard bill readings and committee reports, adopted recognition resolutions, and approved unnamed local bills and resolutions on consent calendars. The transcript does not identify the measures on those calendars. The Senate voted 26 to 20 to adjourn until March 3 at 1 p.m., over an objection that legislation addressing energy affordability remained on the day's calendar.
I wanna thank the senator from the 56th, our chairman for safety. He helped me walk this thing through, and we have a phenomenal asset in him to help us deal with the issues of safety. And I believe this, this is something that's doable. W- Bear with me. When you can go onto your phone and type in a restaurant and find every restaurant in the area, we...
Does any senator wish to speak for or against the measure? Senator from the 33rd, what purpose do you rise? I was just gonna remind this freshman senator that when the bell rings, count to 60 and then vote. All right. Thank you, Senator. All right. Does any other senator wish to speak for or against the measure? Chair recognizes the 6th. What purpose do you...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 9, 2026
Senate floor session, March 9, 2026 (legislative day 29)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate agreed to the House substitute for SB 179, with a Senate amendment, by a vote of 48 to 3. The measure addressed computer science graduation requirements, virtual schooling and access to schools for civic organizations. A senator gave notice of plans to seek consideration of House action on SB 59 on the next legislative day. The chamber also read and referred House measures to committees, gave HB 1020 a second reading, adopted two guest-recognition resolutions and approved an unnamed consent calendar of resolutions without objection. Senators made remarks on fuel prices, gun violence, career education, health coverage, military service and community losses. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. on March 10.
President, uh, I move that the Senate agree to the House substitute to Senate Bill 179, amended by amendment one. Secretary, read the caption. Senate Bill number 179 by Senators Dixon of the 45th and others, a bill to be entitled an act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to elementary and secondary education so...
To provide for legislative intent. To provide for a definition. By inserting between lines 163 and 164 the following, "Said chapter is further amended by adding a new code section to read as follows," and for other purposes. Mr. President, that completes the order. I recognize the senator from the 45th to speak to his amendment. Thank you, Mr. President....
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · April 2, 2026
Senate floor session, April 2, 2026 (legislative day 40, part 2)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate heard the governor’s closing address and farewell remarks from departing members, then acted on bills and House changes. Senators unanimously adopted the fiscal year 2027 budget agreement and approved an income-tax package after debate. A property-tax proposal failed, but senators later approved a revised version placed in another bill, without the proposed limits on local tax-revenue growth. A combined education, scholarship and transit measure passed after debate about a virtual-school program and whether the provisions belonged together. Senators also approved measures involving transit agencies, newborn surrender options, website-access lawsuits, school speed cameras and local governments. A proposal allowing remote online notarization failed on a tie vote. The Senate adjourned for the session.
Senator from the 41st. For what purpose you rise? Preliminary inquiry. State your inquiry. Isn't it true this is a school camera bill that does not allow for a referendum? Is that not true? Senator, no. On the motion to agree, the yays are 33, the nays are 19, and this motion has prevailed.
This is a school, an operator, that applied to be a charter school four times in this state. Two times they were denied, and the other two times they withdrew because they were gonna be denied. This operator has found a way to circumvent Georgia law, and they are now running a school where only a handful of the kids that attend this virtual school, 1,500...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 3, 2026
Senate floor session, March 3, 2026 (legislative day 26)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate approved a joint study of family-farm sustainability and passed measures addressing public contracting, native plants, homebuilding permits and inspections, road obstruction, institutional purchases of homes, sexual-offender monitoring, sheriff qualifications, school mask rules, and parent notification of student services. Members amended the road-obstruction measure to retain the existing offense for blocking sidewalks while increasing penalties for blocking roads. The Senate also adopted a Blue and White Day recognition, passed an unidentified local-consent bill 45-0, and read numerous bills and committee reports. The transcript does not identify the measures adopted on the privileged-resolution consent calendar. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. March 4.
All right, last one for the day, SB497. Secretary, read the caption. Senate Bill 497 by Senators Dixon of the 45th and others. A bill to be entitled an act to amend Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to elementary and secondary school students so as to require written notification to a parent when a...
Um, it also, employees acting in good faith, um, are not required to report or notify the parents if, uh, there's suspected to be child abuse or if there's self-harm to the child by notifying the parents. Um, when notification is not provided to the parents, um, it must be provided to the principal within 12 hours. Uh, with that, Mr. President, I'd be happy...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 20, 2026
Senate floor session, March 20, 2026 (legislative day 35)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed measures on extended-stay hotel removals, nursing grants, high school completion programs, portable benefits for independent contractors, firefighter safety, mental health facility background checks, utility inventory tax exemptions and other topics. The longest debate concerned HB 61, which passed 32-18 after senators adopted a compromise on notice before removal and eviction records, but rejected proposals to give long-term hotel residents tenant rights. The Senate also adopted two state-property resolutions, approved reconsideration of two previously rejected constitutional amendments, and received committee reports and bill readings. A proposed amendment protecting patients from midyear insurance network changes was ruled unrelated to the bill under consideration. Senators honored a retiring committee chair and heard remarks from the U.S. Treasurer. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday, March 23.
We've got a lot of members, so, s- just so you know, we're, I know the pro tem's got some, some food in there. We're not gonna break for lunch because we've got a lot of members that are trying to get out of here, um, because they have other obligations. So we're just gonna go through the, we're gonna go th- pound through these things as fast as we can. If...
We need to all come back together and start rowing in the same direction. But this is what the bill does. It requires completion schools to provide associated school systems with their available programs and classes and instructions on registration for credit recovery or academic intervention. It requires school systems to make the information available...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 6, 2026
Senate floor session, March 6, 2026 (legislative day 28, part 1)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): On Crossover Day, the Senate read incoming legislation and committee reports, then voted on bills covering utilities, elections, public safety, education, licensing and insurance. The Senate passed SB 410, which the sponsor said would end new data-center tax exemptions and require utility contract protections. Members disputed whether those protections would keep costs off household bills. The Senate also passed measures addressing clergy sexual abuse, AI safety, animal cruelty records, human trafficking and prosecutor oversight. SR 838, a proposed constitutional amendment on citizenship and photo identification for voting, failed to receive the required two-thirds vote. SB 573, concerning nonpartisan elections in certain counties, failed, and the sponsor requested reconsideration. No reconsideration vote appears in this transcript. The session paused for dinner after passing SB 593.
taken advantage of somebody under their guidance. And friends, I'm not talking about small children. I'm talking about adult women and men. During my career, anytime I arrested a female or had to transport a female, whether I'm driving down Manchester Expressway and I see a lady on the side of the road with a flat tire and I had to pick her up, she got in...
Senate Bill 445 by Senator Dolezal of the 27th and others, a bill to be entitled an act to amend Code Section 20-14-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to required reports and publication format relative to education accountability assessment programs so as to provide that public schools with a statewide attendance zone and certain charter...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · April 2, 2026
Senate floor session, April 2, 2026 (legislative day 40, part 1)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed measures on insurance, contraceptive access, child-abuse reporting, property-owner claims against local governments, education, healthcare licensing and court procedures. Debate focused heavily on HB 295, which passed 30 to 22 after opponents raised concerns about lawsuits, local costs and treatment of homeless people. Senators removed a corn-flour fortification requirement from HB 1138 before passing it. The Senate accepted House changes to several bills, including SB 556, which combined a needs-based college scholarship with other education provisions. A proposed change removing medical-education scholarships failed before the House version was approved 36 to 17. Senators set aside HB 1142 after questions about its domestic-violence registry and withdrew a motion on HB 328. The session also included committee reports, honorary resolutions, tributes to departing senators and a local-consent-calendar vote. The excerpt ends with a dinner break.
On the motion to agree to SB 402 to the House substitute, the yays are 52 and the nays are zero, and this motion has prevailed. Recognize senator from the 32nd. Mr. President, I move that the Senate agree to the House substitute to Senate Bill 431. Secretary, read the caption. Senate Bill 431 by Senators Kirkpatrick of the 32nd and others, a bill to be...
Mr. President, the House offers the following substitute to Senate Bill 431, a bill to be entitled an act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to education so as to revise definitions of the term education record to include additional cross-references relative to access to student education records by parents and legal...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · January 28, 2026
Senate floor session, January 28, 2026 (legislative day 8)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate agreed to the House version of SB 148, covering outdoor learning, hunting safety instruction, school defibrillators and teacher leave, by a 50-0 vote. A motion to agree to the House version of SB 170, which replaced a homelessness council proposal with rural hospital generator grants, failed after a 27-22 vote. The Senate rejected the House version of SB 9 without objection and moved HB 377 to Government Oversight. Senators also debated constitutional rights and federal immigration enforcement while urging action on SR 605, but no vote on that resolution occurred. The Senate adopted SR 596 recognizing Big Brothers Big Sisters, adopted an unnamed consent calendar of resolutions, and received bill readings and committee reports. The session adjourned until January 29 at 10 a.m.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the Senate agree to the House substitute to Senate Bill 148. Ah, agreeable. Senator from the 50th moves that we agree to the House substitute to Senate Bill 148. Would the secretary read the caption? Senate Bill 148 by Senators Hatchett of the 50th and others. A bill to be entitled an act to amend Article 11 of Chapter...
Hunt, and I think, uh, today's students should also benefit from that same opportunity Additionally, as this bill progressed, uh, some other very good items were placed on the bill. Uh, one deals with AED requirements, making it easier for schools to have those automated defibrillar devices, external defibrillators, excuse me. Uh, it also, when it was in...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · February 11, 2026
Senate floor session, February 11, 2026 (legislative day 17)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed SB 400, concerning oversight of private postsecondary schools, by a 48-1 vote, and SB 444, requiring human clinical review before certain insurance coverage denials, by a 49-0 vote. The chamber moved SB 398 to the bottom of the calendar after the chair said its sponsor had left for an emergency. Senators also received bill readings and committee reports, adopted recognition resolutions concerning congenital heart defects, family and consumer sciences, and the Georgia National Guard, and approved an unnamed consent calendar of resolutions. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. on February 12.
You have these schools in your districts and in your hometowns. I checked my, uh, my Augusta area today and there are 26 schools that cover, that are covered by the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission. This is a bill that, uh, provides several key features for GNPEC. It allows the commission... It g- it strengthens the commission and allows the...
Secretary, read the caption. SB 398. Senate Bill 398 by Senators Hatchett of the 50th and others. A bill to be entitled an act to amend Part 1 of Article III of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses so as to establish criminal offenses of virtual peeping,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House of Representatives · February 25, 2026
House floor session, February 25, 2026 (legislative day 24)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The House approved an amended state budget, adopted the House-Senate agreement on HB 973 by 169 to 2, and voted to send it immediately to the governor. Members also passed HB 1001, lowering the income tax rate to 4.99%, after debate over who would benefit and whether the state could afford the revenue loss. Other approved measures addressed homelessness prevention, special-needs scholarships, math instruction, bankruptcy protections for homeowners, solar-panel recycling, transportation project reviews, railroad and forestry tax credits, and business-court cases. The House heard first and second readings and committee reports on numerous other measures, adopted recognition resolutions, and postponed six measures until the next legislative day. The House adjourned until February 26 at 9 a.m.
People in jail with serious mental illness should not need to wait months or longer to start receiving the care they need. Speaking of jails, we've already discussed the fact that Georgia's running out of space in our prisons. The original House version of the budget included $220 million for a private prison expansion. The Senate had different ideas on how...
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