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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.
And then lastly is House Bill 1227. Uh, this is model legislation that gives newly registered voters from out of state the opportunity to opt in to local, their local registrar and secretary of state to notify the state they came from that they have registered in Georgia. This is already law today, federal law today. This just is a voter service bill to...
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...
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.
House Bill 1276 is an effort to make sure that, uh, the, our Georgia Medicaid program does not receive any significant fines or penalties from the federal government so that, to be, to assure that we're, um, following all the federal guidelines when it comes to verifying eligibility for, uh, for Medicaid. And this just codifies a lot of things that the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 6, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 6, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on a domestic violence registry, charter school changes, automatic contract renewals and temporary fireworks stands. It also discussed and approved a substitute for HB 812, concerning housing, permits and zoning, after questions about exceptions for certain local governments. The committee then placed 11 measures on a supplemental floor calendar for that day, including HB 812. That bill drew objections during both substitute approval and calendar placement, but both motions passed. The other calendar placements passed without stated opposition. No further action was recorded on the four bills presented earlier.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee. I have House Bill 1142. That's one passed that, should, you should have. Just received that one. This bill creates a domestic violence offender registry for the State of Georgia. It would function similarly to our sex offender registry and would be maintained by GBI. The purpose is simple, accountability for repeat...
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. What I, uh, mine's on page six, uh, it's five down, and it's, uh, House Bill 1277. It's, uh, an agency bill for GDOT. This, uh, updates an outdated dollar threshold and streamlines reporting requirements, uh, provided by GDOT, reasonable flexibility on how projects are delivered. The bill, the bill raises the environmental review...
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...
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.
House Bill 1247 on page five. Uh, this is the codification of the Georgia Supreme Court's, uh, decision in Eternal Vigilance Action and Raffensperger versus Jackson. It codifies the non-delegation doctrine. Okay, hold on. We got a question. Whip Parks. Thank you, Mr., thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, to the author of the bill, um, wouldn't this essentially, um,...
Why do we wanna take away a judge's ability to decide what weight to put on, um, agency interpretation, agency expertise, agency opinions? On agency opinions on scientific or factual matters, those are exempted. This is the law. If you have a constitution, a statute, a regulation, some sort of a regulatory document, uh, the citizens of Georgia would be on a...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 17, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 17, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to bring forward bills on taxes, education, health, public safety and other topics. Members questioned the proposed income tax cut, including its effects on different incomes, revenue safeguards and funding for other tax relief. The committee placed eight measures on the day's calendar without stated opposition: HB 256, HB 662, HB 818, HB 956, HB 987, HB 1022, HB 1063 and HB 1121. It also returned HB 880 to the Ways and Means Committee and HB 1266 to the Game, Fish, and Parks Committee without stated opposition. The other presentations did not result in calendar placement or another decision during this meeting.
Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee. I'm here presenting House Bill 1161. It is on page four, fourth from the top. This is a bill I was asked to carry by my local PD, Gwinnett County, and is supported by the Georgia Chiefs and the Sheriffs Association. This bill simply clarifies that for traffic stops, drivers should move towards the right-hand curb of the...
Also have House Bill 1130 on page four, top of page four as well. The Georgia SECURE Act, uh, codifies State Ethics Commission guidance allowing campaign funds to be used for personal security services, addressing legitimate safety concerns following recent swatting incidents involving public officials. It also strengthens transparency by establishing a...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 9, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 9, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard bill presentations on education, courts, financial regulation, property, public safety and other topics. The longest discussion concerned HB 934, with questions about the effect of transferring securities regulation on an ongoing investigation, staffing and agency workloads. Members also questioned school weapons-detection costs and possible local court costs from accepting juvenile cases involving military installations. The committee placed six bills on the February 9 floor calendar and four measures on the February 10 calendar, with no opposition voiced. The other measures presented were not placed on either calendar during this meeting.
I bring HB 57, which is the fourth bill on page one. This bill does one thing. It adds step-grandparents, step-grandchild relationship to the incest law of Georgia. That's it. Okay. No que- Thank you. No questions. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, committee. Um, bringing House Bill 979. It's on page two, about midway down on your sheet. Uh, this came as a request from the Department of Defense Military Community and Family Policy, uh, Division. This c- creates a process in Georgia for concurrent jurisdiction on our military installations. Uh, in the federal...
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.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I got three bills. Um, the first bill is, uh, House Bill 1266. Uh, this is actually a Sub 474108S, and this is about the boating down on the Ogeechee in that one little section where we changed the horsepower. We did go back and we added one part there that just still bans any personal watercraft, jet skis, uh, from that area. So...
Um, this is just requiring all the schools, if they don't already have a safety program, um, for lock boxes, they're required to put lock boxes in there with a key or a key fob. If they have the electronic doors that open with a keypad or something, then they're fine. It's just, uh, requiring them to do that. Okay. I don't see any questions on that one...
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.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, I have a rule substitute I would like to propose for the committee's consideration today. It's a substitute to House Bill 998. That was the, uh, Universal Access Fund bill that I presented last week. Um, I believe the substitute is in your books. It's LC56-0570S. 56-0570S. So just very briefly, you'll recall this, uh, bill...
We're also apo- imposing a $50 million annual cap on the disbursements. We're requiring that audits be submitted. The PSC already requires it, but we're making it part of the statute. And we're requiring PSC to submit a biannual report on the fund because there have been a number of questions about how much money is in the fund, how many people pay in, how...
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.
Okay. Don't see any questions. Thank you, sir. Okay, the sixth one up on the first sheet is Senate Bill 29. You've been busy. Yes, sir. Uh, this is a DNA sampling bill. This bill calls for DNA swabbing of people arrested on one of the seven deadly sins, and this has be- vetted and passed through the Senate, gone through, um, uh, a lot of vetting over in...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members. I'm bringing forward Senate Bill 116, page one near the bottom. I think it's three or four from the bottom. What this bill does, if a individual is arrested for a misdemeanor or felony and is illegal, illegally in the state, that when ICE has a detainer placed on them, ICE has 48 hours to pick them up when...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 25, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee set a supplemental calendar for that afternoon, placing HB 421, HB 1164, HB 1185, HB 1259, HB 1277, HB 942 and HB 1076 under modified structure, and HB 1070 under structured rules. Members objected to adding HB 1164, HB 1185 and HB 942, but the chair declared each approved after voice votes. The other listed bills were added without stated opposition. No bill provisions were presented or debated. The committee then adjourned.
Move. Second. Move and second. Any opposition? It's on.
Move and second. Any opposition? It's on. I like it when we're working together. House Bill 1277.
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.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, I bring before the committee House Bill 1199. This is our annual, um, IRC conformity bill. It's a housekeeping measure. There's a number of tax provisions that were considered and changed in the one big beautiful bill in Washington, D.C., and we're just, uh, conforming to a number of those, uh, for the Georgia Income Tax Code....
Good morning, Chairman and committee. I've, I'm here to present HB 1222. It's the first item on the last page, and I'll be reading from LC620384S. It's a simple bill. It does one thing. It proposes to amend the Georgia Condo Act and the Georgia Property Owners Association Act to allow them to charge no more than $250 for a closing or settlement letter, and...
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.
Am I the guinea pig for this mic? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, I'm here to present HR 1829. That's the last bill on page two, hot off the presses from special rules, which is just like this committee, but special. What this urging resolution does is that it urges schools to take a less draconian punitive approach with respect to students caught vaping in...
Yes, ma'am. Come on up.
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.
Moved. Second.
Moved and second. Any opposition? It's on. House Bill 1379.
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 1075. Move. Have a move and second. It should be on your, it's on the calendar. So you gotta move it as modified. Yes. Yeah, modified structure. Yeah.
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.
That's true. Isn't it true also that in, in my district, in rural Georgia, not just metro Georgia, w- I have had several Hispanic-speaking folks come to my office h- having given $10,000 to a person that purported to be a, a lawyer, and that, that person has absconded and they, they don't get the... And, and this is cash. This is not a check they can get...
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, committee. Um, I'm on page three. SB 527 is the sheriff's qualifications bill that we've seen for the past three years, uh, Mr. Chairman, and all this bill does is require that, uh, anyone wanting to qualify to run for sheriff in Georgia be a POST certified law enforcement officer. Okay. Don't, don't see a question. Thank...
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.
Under modified structure,
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.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Um, on page four, I have, uh, SB542. It's a piece of legislation that creates an offense when a clergy member commits sexual offenses against members of their congregants. Um, appreciate all the help with the House side on this. Um, Representative Holcomb added some good language, along with other members of the, uh, judicial...
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.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. Fifth page, eight from the top, H- HB1267. It's not in your packet yet, but I would like to ask for this bill. This bill is a result of a study committee on fraud and abuse of, uh, dealer tags and these temporary operating permits. We have, uh, kicked the tires on this issue. We walked around it, looked...
Moved. Second. Moved and second. Any opposition? Objection. Is objection? Yes, sir. There is objection. All those in favor of objecting say no. No. All those in favor say yes. Yes. Yes carries. It's on. Okay, that'll give us something to start working on tomorrow. Uh, we'll plan on having a rules meeting at 9:00 AM in the morning. Y'all have a good day....
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.
Thank you, Chairman, committee. Good to be back. Senate Bill 587. It's the middle of page four. This is a feel-good bill that everyone's gonna wanna get behind. If you own a pet, if you support adoption, but you believe that animal cruelty should be tracked by our friends at the Prosecuting Attorneys Council, this is the creation of a statewide database...
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