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Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · February 23, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, February 23, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard proposals on workforce coordination, homelessness services, public officials’ financial interests, housing and local school superintendents. It approved HB 1396, approved HB 1362 with an amendment extending restrictions to federal agencies and departments, and approved HR 1348. Members heard HB 1166 without voting and requested revisions addressing concerns about its scope. The committee amended HB 1177 to raise its income limit, then tabled it while another amendment remained unresolved. The opening portion covered HB 1302, but the transcript shows no vote on that proposal.
Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, I see no other questions at this time. The chair will entertain a motion. We have a motion do pass. We have a s- we have a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. The bill passes committee. Thank you. Thank you, sir. All right. Now we're gonna move on to the next bill....
Your mic is active. You can- Correct ... proceed when you're ready. All right. Thank you. Um, I have, uh, House Bill 1362, LC474055. Um, and this is just a great governance bill. Um, I've kind of started down this road in '23, '24 session with, uh, House Bill 1850. Um, and I think we all just want everything to be fair. And so with that bill, what it said...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · March 2, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, March 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved HB 1177, HB 1260 and HB 1299, covering development-authority housing financing, training requirements for local elected officials and hospital partnerships with physicians. It also approved HB 1447 after adding a requirement to review utility bond structures. The committee heard competing arguments on HB 1384, which would redirect part of municipal utility franchise revenue to counties, but held no vote. After testimony supporting and opposing expanded city control over development-authority activity in Fulton County, the committee approved HB 1386.
Follow-up, Mr. Chair. And, and again, I appreciate everything you're saying. I agree with everything you're saying. I talked to lobbyists earlier, and we had the same discussion. My only concern really is that- Those that are going to be affected possibly have not been informed, so they can't... And I've heard it several times, "They're not here." Well, if...
Um, so w- we support development, but we would like to have a voice and a choice in what is being approved. Um, HB 1386 give the gov- gives the governing authority of the City of South Fulton the option of adopting a resolution to limit the county development authority from operating in our municipality. Additionally, HB 1386 gives all Fulton cities equal...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · February 4, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, February 4, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved two bills. HB 1066 would protect established racing facilities from certain nuisance claims within five miles. Members debated the size of that area, residents’ access to courts and whether protection should cover nuisances other than noise. Amendments to reduce the radius and limit protection to noise claims failed, and the bill passed by voice vote. HB 1027 would allow participating local governments to make retail electricity contracts lasting up to 20 years rather than 10. The sponsor said longer contracts would help recover infrastructure costs from large customers. It passed with no opposition voiced. The chair initially announced HB 166, but the presentation that followed concerned HB 1066; no substantive discussion of HB 166 followed.
Thank you. All right. Today, we're gonna be hearing two bills. The first bill we're gonna consider is House Bill 166. I'll ask, uh, Floor Leader Wade if he would like to come to the podium or the table. Which one would you like? Wherever the chairman would prefer. It's, it's up to you. I'm, I'm a Baptist, I'll sit down. Okay. All right. I have a s- I have a...
... Representative Sanchez. Thank you so much. I know we talked about this in subcommittee, so I appreciate it. Um, but the... Uh, just a quick question. Um, nevermind. I just answered my question 'cause I see it right here. The Hartwell Motor Speedway, I was gonna ask if that was included in this bill, but I see it on the list here. That's where my, um,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · February 25, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, February 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved HB 812 with changes to construction-permit review procedures, HB 1166 allowing certain small secondary homes, HB 400 offering funding incentives for local housing-policy changes, and HB 863 encouraging state contracts with Georgia small businesses. Members amended the first three before approving them. The committee tabled HB 1315, concerning limits on development moratoriums and compensation for affected property owners, and agreed to send it back to subcommittee. After discussing emergency contacts for apartment properties, response deadlines and penalties under HB 779, the chair designated that discussion a hearing only and said it would return to subcommittee. The meeting ended after the committee lost the attendance needed to conduct business, with remaining business deferred to a future meeting.
All right. Next, uh, next we're gonna move to House Bill 1166. I'll invite, uh, Representative Herring to come to the, uh, presentation microphone. And so that's fine. All right. I'll be right back. All right. Thank you. Okay. Representative Herring, you may, uh, proceed when you are ready. I believe we are operating under a substitute for your bill, so if...
Okay. I will ask if, uh, if you could, just real briefly, let's go over the, the differences between the original presentation and the sub that we have today, just for, for the committee. Absolutely. I think the concerns before were, um, lines 30, um, through, I think it was 49. Um, so right now, with this substitution, um, local governments still retain...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · February 11, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, February 11, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee advanced all five agenda bills: HB 913 on government software contracts, HB 1066 on racetrack nuisance claims, HB 1130 on campaign-funded security, HB 1133 on financing solar projects at closed landfills, and HB 1180 on removing a housing authority bond limit. The racetrack substitute passed 9 to 8 after debate over property owners’ access to courts, changes in racing operations and local authority. The other bills passed by voice vote, with no opposition recorded. During public comment, two witnesses opposed ending Georgia’s participation in the Electronic Registration Information Center, citing concerns about costs, voter records and data security. No action followed those comments.
Thank you. Now, we do have a few people signed up, and I've got to apologize if Taylor Schindler is still here, uh, signed up to speak in favor of House Bill 1133. House Bill 1133 passed, but we will still make the mic or the, uh, podium available, uh, if you would like to speak to that. Okay. If not,
Amen. Thank you very much. We're gonna get right, started right away. Uh, I'll ask, uh, Representative Tim Fleming to come to the podium or the table, either one, to present House Bill 913. You may proceed when you're ready, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Bring to you today House Bill 913. We're working off LC59-0172. Uh, what...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · January 28, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, January 28, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved HB 903, which the sponsor described as expanding oversight of state agency rules, and HB 140, which would limit cities’ reliance on fines and forfeitures. For HB 140, members adopted an amendment phasing in the limits through 2030 before sending the amended bill to Rules. Both bills passed by voice vote, with no vote counts stated. The chair announced that HB 613 had been withdrawn from the agenda at the sponsor’s request. The committee also heard from DeKalb County’s chief executive about housing affordability, rental registries and rent increases, and from a citizen urging protection of voting access and opposition to federal executive involvement in elections.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And a bunch of points off your blood pressure too. Okay, we're gonna move on to, uh, House Bill 140. And, uh, Chairman Gullett, if you'd like to either come to the table or the podium, whichever one is more comfortable for you. We do, uh, bring the, the committee's attention to, uh, this point. We do have a committee substitute. Uh,...
Um, we talked about last time Alabama passed a bill with a cap of 10%. Um, Missouri and Utah have similar bills that they've passed, and I'm not sure honestly if someone else has passed one since we last talked about it, um, last year. Uh, it did pass out of committee, um, last year. It was in Rules Committee. Um, that's the bill. It's, uh, it's really just...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · February 18, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, February 18, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved all five bills it considered: SB 51, HB 502, HB 1129, HB 1247 and HB 963. Members amended SB 51 to delay its effective date to July 1, 2027. Discussion covered local government contracting, voting access for people with young children, limits on enterprise zones, courts’ treatment of agency interpretations of law, and foreign money in referendum campaigns. The longest debate concerned HB 1247, including questions about judicial independence, agency expertise and possible appeals. A motion to table that bill failed before the committee approved it. Opposition was heard on the voice votes for SB 51, HB 1247 and HB 963, but no vote counts were stated.
Okay. Next, let's see, is, uh, Chairman Chuck Martin in the room yet? I know there's a lot of meetings going on. I was concerned we were gonna have a quorum, much less get people here. So, uh, we're gonna move on. We'll move on to, uh, House Bill 1129. Governor's Floor Leader Seabaugh, if you'll come to the table with guest and, uh, introduce your guest for...
Third, it limits the number of EZs under subsection G that can simultaneously exist in an urban redevelopment area to maxima- to a maximum of four. And fourth, it clarifies that the principal amount of a revenue bond pledge for a redevelopment project within an EZ must not be used to return the capital investment made to the redevelopment project to...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · March 5, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, March 5, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved six bills: HB 467 on monument protection and relocation, HB 1482 on county use of Atlanta’s jail, HB 868 on health coverage for retiring county officers, HB 613 on apprenticeship information, HB 1227 on voter-registration notifications, and HB 1442 on limits to local development moratoriums. Members debated monument lawsuits, local control over jail facilities, retirement benefits and development decisions. The committee initially tabled HB 1482, then brought it back and approved it 9-4 without public testimony. It approved HB 467 6-5 after rejecting a naming amendment. Members amended HB 868 to include county commissioners and change coverage-administration provisions, and amended HB 1442 with changes suggested by the Georgia Municipal Association.
Thank you, Chairman and members of committee.
Yes, sir, Mr. Chairman. Okay. Do we have a second? Second. We have a second. Any discussion on this motion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Oh- Aye. Hold on. Representative Burnough. I just wanted to clarify that we're not just paying for the person who has the job, but we're paying for their spouse and their children's insurance up to that time. Is that...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · March 17, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, March 17, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee considered a substitute for SB 214 that would move Georgia toward ballots printed on demand, marked by voters and counted by scanners, with full implementation by January 1, 2028. Members and witnesses discussed training, funding, accessibility, equipment security and transferring a ballot-image audit pilot to the State Election Board. Local election officials and several advocacy organizations supported the longer transition, while opponents sought earlier changes or hand-counting. The committee adopted three amendments and rejected three others concerning audit authority or timing. The committee approved the substitute as amended by voice vote, with opposition heard but no final vote count stated.
Lastly, I will point out the concerns about the secretary overseeing an audit. I want to point out that they were very, that voters, election workers, just about everybody, was ke- very concerned with enhanced voting when they audited the, uh, images, the ballot images, and also reported the results. That might not be a good idea. Wonderful, thank you. You...
And just for a little bit of historical reference, that year I had two bills in Rules, and the Rules chairman made it very clear to me in no uncertain terms, in very plain language, that if I voted against HB 316, he would kill both of my bills in Rules. I still cast that vote. There is absolutely nobody that you will meet who wants this more than me. There...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · June 23, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, June 23, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved an amended substitute for SB 3, concerning recommendations for future election equipment, hand recounts and election audits. Members questioned how recount results would be used, certification deadlines and whether equipment requirements could limit vendors. The committee adopted an amendment directing equipment recommendations toward hand-marked paper ballots printed on demand. An amendment to remove the mandatory hand-recount section failed, 7 to 13. The amended substitute then passed by voice vote.
Okay, 13. S- the motion p- fails. All right. Again, through the amendments at this point, that leaves us into the original motion. Um, so all those in favor of, all those in favor of passage for SB 3EX LC474416S, say aye. Aye. As amended. As amended. As amended. Say aye. Aye. Opposed? No. Okay, ayes have it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator Burns, we...
Amen. Thank you. All right. Uh, this morning... And let me turn this volume down a little bit. I think we're a little too loud here. Uh, this morning we're gonna be, uh, considering this committee for action on a committee substitute to Senate Bill 3 EX. I'd like to invite Senator Chairman Burns to the table. And at this po- point, I would like to turn the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · June 22, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, June 22, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee held a hearing only on SB 3, which addresses future voting equipment, election audits and the deadline for removing QR codes from vote counting. Discussion centered on a Senate-added requirement to hand-count the top two races before certification. Committee members and witnesses raised questions about accuracy, staffing, costs, deadlines and whether parts of the bill fit the special session’s scope. Supporters said hand counts could uncover machine errors and increase confidence. Many witnesses asked the committee to remove the hand-count requirement. The chair said discussions about a possible substitute were underway and another meeting might occur the next morning. No amendment or vote occurred before adjournment.
Code, state law requires y'all to do this. We are not even authorized to take a vote on this bill today without a fiscal note. I, I appreciate your input. I, I don't have the detailed information you have from Fulton County. I would point out Fulton is one of our largest counties. Yeah. Oh, yeah. There are about five or so counties that fall into that...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · March 26, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, March 26, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved three bills and tabled another. Members tabled SB 21 after its original sponsor asked to restore language allowing lawsuits against local governments over violations of Georgia immigration law. The committee approved a monument-protection substitute to SB 175 by a 9-5 vote. Members approved SB 423 with an amendment narrowing its proposed limit on out-of-state campaign contributions to candidates and campaign committees, following debate over constitutional concerns and reporting burdens. The committee also approved SB 437, covering private residential building inspections, after changing the project-cost threshold for higher insurance coverage.
Yes. Okay. Were you speaking to this bill or the prev- the bill before it was replaced? The bill before. Okay. So you waive? Yes. Okay. All right. And then, uh, Michael Beach, same question. I, I don't. Waives. Okay. All right. In that case, uh, we're in a posture to entertain a motion regarding the- Motion to pass. We have a motion to do pass. Second. We...
N- no, we're gonna keep the two million for $10 million projects and above, which is smaller, a smaller firm can't really go after a project that- that's that large. Uh, but the 10 million and under with a $1 million, uh, you know, policy, that- that's- that's about right. L- let me restate the- the amendment as I understand it, and- and you can correct me...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee · March 18, 2026
House Governmental Affairs Committee, March 18, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved a substitute for SB 284 that combined authority to order repayment to securities-fraud victims with school-roofing procurement provisions presented from HB 669. Members asked who would be covered by the repayment authority and how victims currently recover money. The committee also approved SB 593, which would require local governments to disclose development impact fees upon a written request describing a project. Both measures passed by voice vote, with no vote counts stated.
I'll just simply highlight the last section of the bill, Section 5. Uh, th- this act shall become effective upon the governor's signature. The rationale, again, being there, we'd like for the governor to get it quick, sign it so victims can start getting their money back. Uh, and with that, I'll turn it over to Chairman Meeks to walk you through Section 2...
Uh, thank you, Chairman, and, uh, chairman and members of the committee. So Section 2 of the bill, as it was mentioned, it was, uh, House Bill 669, which was passed out of the Education Committee earlier this session. Uh, the bill simply allows, uh, school systems to access, uh, roofing, roofing improvements on existing buildings using a supplier that is,...
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