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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.
Thank you, Chairman. Presenting, uh, House Bill 1226 on page five, last bill on that page, and this bill just restores the, the presumption of innocence for people caught in self-defense situations and gives them a faster course to, to pro- prove their innocence should they be wrongly charged. Okay, got a question. Representative Evans? Thank you, Mr....
Um- The prosecuting attorney's council, did they speak for or against? I, I mean, I, I think they were wanting a little more of the wiggle room they have now, but, you know... But I mean, I believe you ha- are in self-defense, the proof is not on you. It's on the government to prove that you're guilty. Um, and right now, you know, we're seeing even the case...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 19, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 19, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard bill presentations and set House floor calendars for Thursday and Friday. Members questioned a proposal to create state terrorism-related offenses, including its need, speech protections and investigative resources. Other presentations addressed professional training, property association fees, mental health facility background checks, utility disconnections and criminal penalties. The committee approved a technical correction to HB 1199, returned HB 1042 and HB 1226 to their subject committees, and placed five bills on Thursday’s calendar and five measures on Friday’s calendar. No opposition was voiced to those actions. The chair announced there would be no Friday Rules meeting and that the next meeting would be Monday at 11 a.m.
I mean, th- those terrorist groups are the ones that were murdering the Christians and actually Muslims as well. And we know that there is a promotion and a desire for them to get into the United States and into the Southeast as well, and we just wanna make sure that we're protecting from that. But there has to be a tie between the two, um, that they...
Who, who did you work with? With his legislative, with his legislators. I mean, as legislators with his attorneys, my apologies. Could you tell me who? I would pref- we can talk about that after. We're, we're protecting legislative liaisons in the attorney general's office? Their names are gonna be kept secret? Well, Chris Carr would be one of them, the...
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.
... and I'll let you all get to work, Mr. Chairman. Last page, page six, fourth down, Senate Bill 572. What this bill does is it goes into our law when it comes to the pretrial process for raising a self decla- de- self-defense claim in a criminal case, and it changes the burden and, and makes certain that the burden is never on the defendant to prove their...
Uh, with respect to another part of this bill, wouldn't every defendant in any case, if this were enacted, uh, involving any force, demand an immunity hearing? And, and how would that not clog the courts? Well, they could do that now. So the hearings are available now, but the process is not codified as to when that hearing would happen or who has the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · April 2, 2026
House Rules Committee, April 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to advance several study committee resolutions, a road-naming resolution and a resolution urging a pause in adopting updated residential energy standards. No calendar decisions on those requests were shown. Members approved substitutes for six bills and placed eight bills on the day's floor calendar. The substitutes addressed military license plates, community health workers and rural hospitals, public health programs and pharmacy access, charter school reimbursements, and higher education. Members objected to approving and scheduling SB 440 and to scheduling SB 513, but those motions carried by voice vote. The chair said the committee would likely meet again to consider additional requests.
Yes, sir. Um, members of the committee, I have two... Let's see. Let me find them again. Ha- uh, House Resolution 1703, which is a c- study committee on the post-conviction litigation, uh, in Georgia. Right now it's, uh, it's a mess, and, um, about a month or ago, uh, our chief justice had a, a case come before him, and he had a, a, a opinion in that that...
Moved and second. Any opposition? It's on. Senate Bill 513. Moved.
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.
Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, go ahead. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I bring to you today House Bill 1282. That's on page five, and it'll be the sixth down from the top. This is a pretty simple targeted change to our code. It would make aggravated sexual battery against a victim under 16 subject to the same extended no limit prosecution...
And then I have one that, uh, was actually passed out of committee yesterday. I know it won't be on your sheet yet, but wanted to just go ahead and briefly mention it. Uh, House Bill 1255, that is actually an update to our discovery procedures here in the state that would actually modernize those discovery procedures on the criminal justice side of our law....
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.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and to the members of the committee. Today, I'm bringing before you House Bill 1160, which is on page five. It is the third from the top. And House Bill 1160 ensures that our family members have equal access to our court systems. Currently in Georgia, victims of criminal acts receive a pause on the general two-year statute of...
That way, if you get an offender-bender, you can still, uh, take care of that in our magistrate courts. Uh, of course, they always have, uh, the right to appeal, and so they can always continue to take that to superior court, but this just, uh, brings that back into a, a realm of reality. Okay, I don't see any questions. Do you have another one? Yes, sir....
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.
Senate Bill 605 is a, a modification or adds additional grounds for, uh, prosecutor misconduct to include a requirement to comply with the Victim Rights Act, to notify victims when there's a bill, I mean, not a bill, a, a charge that from their perpetrators being, coming to court to give them a chance to know about it and come to court and be heard. Um, it...
Moving on to page four, towards the bottom, Senate Bill 604. This is an ability to allow the Attorney General's office to give assistance upon request to local DA's offices in the prosecuting of certain violent crimes, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and gangs. Okay. Don't see any questions.
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.
Good morning, Mr. Chair and committee. Uh, today I present HB1390. It can be found on page seven, uh, sixth from the top. This is a public safety bill that focuses on reckless stunt driving. Also can be known as drag racing. This is a problem not just in the city of Atlanta, but in the state of Georgia. And what this bill does is focuses on the vehicle as...
What happens if they get rid of the vehicle before they are prosecuted? Before they're adjudicated by, before the final adjudication. Well, currently, if they get rid of the car, currently someone can be arrested for this, come out, and go get their car out of the impound lot. So there's a quick turnaround currently. This is an additional layer just to add...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 11, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 11, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on vehicle titles, bankruptcy exemptions, foster caregivers, firefighter safety, judicial privacy, student sports physicals, pharmacy payments and insurance coverage. It returned HB 211 and HB 1024 to the Judiciary Committee. It approved a substitute for HB 998 and placed it on Thursday’s House calendar along with HR 999, HB 948, HB 983 and SB 195. The committee held off on scheduling HB 810 after a request to consider it Tuesday instead. No further action was recorded on the other bills presented. The chair announced that the committee would not meet Thursday morning and would next meet Tuesday.
Good morning, Chairman Parish and members of the Rules Committee. I'm here to request House Bill 1042, the bottom of page two. This is the Real Estate Security and Title Act. Uh, Vice Chair Trey Kelley brought the, uh, Judicial Security Cleanup Bill last year. Th- this is a follow-up because there was a shooting in Indiana of a judge since we adjourned sine...
Thank you, members. Um, I'll take a little bit of personal privilege, if you don't mind, just to explain this bill a little bit more in depth than I normally would. Um, this is House Bill 256. It's LC481711S. Uh, it was Chairman Wiedower's bill prior to his resignation, uh, and I have taken it over since then. Uh, it's a bill that we passed very similarly...
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. Okay, have another question. Representative Evans. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, Mr. Senator, all of this testing would take place in the detention center, is that right? Correct. So this would be before anybody goes before a judge? This would be once they're released. ICE has 48 hours to pick them up upon release, and we hold them for that 48...
Yes, sir, Senator.
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.
This, uh, bill should get it to the consumer faster. Okay. Don't see a question on that. Okay. Chair Eddie Cooper
And I also have House Bill 1436 on page nine, halfway down. This legislation ensures that if any local jurisdiction is violating Georgia's, uh, policy against cashless bail, that those, uh, cities and counties are not eligible for any state funding. Got a question. Whip Park has a question. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is it not true this bill is likely...
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.
Okay. And then the third one is, uh, Senate Bill 431, just near the bottom of page two, and that one has to do with foster kids, students that change placements, and it requires the school systems to immediately enroll them. Uh, they're facing a lot of challenges, and, uh, this, it helps if they can get in school right away. It also clarifies some...
Isn't that true? Um, we actually changed that to three days. And also, the assessment includes a trauma impact assessment that's already in code. And, um, so I think those concerns were addressed in the changes that were made to the bill, but happy to discuss it further. Okay. You got another question. Uh, Chairman Erwin. Great. Thank you, Chairman, and...
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. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members. I've got two bills. Um, Senate Bill 472, and, um, this is the bill that, uh, protects students and families by holding local school districts accountable for financial mismanagement, and I think we know who we're talking about. This legislation strengthens the Georgia Department of Audits and...
Move. Second. Have a move and a second. Any opposition? It's on. Senate Bill 594 by rule substitute LC 64-0122S.
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 19, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 19, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on education, health care, retirement, elections, taxes, business regulation and other subjects. It placed nine bills on the calendar for Legislative Day 34: SB 216, SB 439, SB 444, SB 452, SB 470, SB 489, SB 553, SB 570 and SB 285. It also placed SR 23, concerning a convention to propose congressional term limits, on the calendar for Legislative Day 35 after a voice vote with opposition. The committee sent SB 552, concerning student access to political and religious extracurricular organizations, back to the Judiciary Committee. No calendar decisions were announced for the other measures presented.
Senator Watson. Good morning. So I have a bill that is actually fully supported by the ACLU and the Georgia Baptist Association. Heard of. It is. It could be a day that we're gonna have, I don't know, who knows what's gonna happen with this bill. But basically- What number? ... they both support it because it reinforces our freedoms in the United States...
Okay. Let's do a little housekeeping here before we set the calendar. Do I hear a motion that Senate Bill 552 be sent back to, recommitted to Judiciary? Move. Second. Have a move and a second. Any opposition? Okay, it's back in Judiciary. Okay, now let's set a calendar for today, Legislative Day 34, under modified structure. Senate Bill 216. Move. 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 · April 2, 2026
House Rules Committee, April 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests for study committees on teacher pay, local government finances and contracting, disability services, education funding, and physician noncompete clauses. Members also discussed a resolution supporting dissolution of the U.S. Department of Education. The committee approved a substitute for SB 214 after discussing election procedures, recount thresholds, audits, and implementation timing. It then placed SB 214, SB 527, SB 565, HR 1670, HR 1889, HR 1948, and SR 624 on a supplemental calendar for that day. The chair asked for opposition to each calendar placement, and none was recorded. No further action was shown on the other listed resolutions presented.
... and a second. Any opposition? It's on. Senate Bill 565. 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 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.
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...
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.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I've got Senate Bill 162, which is the next to last one on the sheet. This is a holdover from last year due to it had turned into multiple subjects, and it's restored now to its original bill, and it's shorter because appropriations were made to the Composite Medical Board that put a new system that's up and running and already...
You know, quite often the baby's a couple of months old before you can get somebody credentialed, um, to work in that facility. Um, so that's the, that's the, the bill and certainly entertain any questions. We do have a question. Uh, Chairman Powell? Sure. Thank you to my friend. Yeah, you bring this up about, uh, the Composite Board. Yeah. But I've been...
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.
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