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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.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I referred to House Bill 1009, which is at the bottom of page two, House Bill 1009. As many of you in this room know, last year we went cell phone-free in our classrooms K through 8. Back by popular demand, we are now expanding that to include high schools. Thank you, Jim. Whip, have a question. Jim, uh,...
Lady Hugley. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have, uh, House Resolution 1049, and it's just designating Fentanyl Awareness Day a permanent observance each year for last Wednesday of October. Okay. Any other... Yeah. Leader Efstration has one. Go ahead. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On page three, the second bill, House Bill 1023, continuing with the efforts to...
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.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman and committee. I am here to present House Bill 1045, which is on page four, line six. HB 1045, known as You Are Not Alone Act, requires all Georgia p- public schools that issue student identif- identification badges grades six through 12 to print 988 Suicide Crisis Hotline on the back of student badges. This legislation is...
Mr. Chair, thank you, Committee. This is, uh, HB 1445. It is page eight, halfway down. Basically, this requires DJJ to communicate, uh, real-time information to state and, and local law enforcement as well as school systems if one of the juveniles is on probation and takes off their monitoring system. Okay. No questions. Thank you.
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.
Good morning, Chairman. Um, page six, third from the bottom, I'm requesting consideration on House Bill 1269. This is a digital literacy and learning bill. This just simply directs the Department of Education to update the standards, uh, for digital literacy and learning for what children are utilizing today in a world where digital technology is a K...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee. I come to you with HB 1206, page five, seven from the bottom. Uh, this bill is effectively a strong framework but not a mandate for school districts when it comes to technology purchases over $100. Uh, we have found not just in our state, but basically across the country with technology taking on a...
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 firefighter and tax court pension changes and approved substitutes for SB 462 and SB 552. The ambulance-billing substitute combined surprise-billing and excess-profits provisions. The school-related substitute removed literacy provisions added earlier that day and restored an earlier committee version. The committee then set a supplemental floor calendar. Objections prompted voice votes on placing SB 175, SB 423 and SB 552 on the calendar, and each motion carried. The other calendar motions passed without stated opposition. The committee then adjourned.
Have a move and a second. Is there any opposition? Okay, it's approved. Now we're gonna recognize, uh, Vice Chair Leverett to speak to Senate Bill 552. Wireless. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um- Wait a minute ... in the spirit of deja vu all over again, on Senate Bill 552, um, we are, uh, undoing the changes we did this morning. So we've removed the literacy...
I want to thank our technology group for getting us back in order here. As far as I know, all our mics are working now, so that'll, that'll help us. Okay, we're gonna take requests from the members. And, uh, Chairman Carson, you wanna explain Senate Bill 143? Thank you. Try that. Thank you, Chair. Um, this is Senate Bill 143. This is
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.
So we've got, we've also gotten approval from the loc- the regional HHS director for the feds. Still waiting to hear from DC, but we've got the regional graces. Okay. This will help school board members who wanna run, teachers who wanna run. Last one, I call it the EpiPen Bill, HB1056. It's really Efren Efferd Bill. Right now, you know, kids are allowed to...
Technology's there for inhaler now to be able to walk around it, too. Restrictions, of course, doctor's note, parent's permission, can't use it inappropriately. And the staff can get trained, and once they're trained, they're allowed to administer as well. This is a school safety bill. If you like school safety, this is excellent. Okay. Thank you, sir....
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, Mr. Chairman, I'd be glad to. Excuse me. So there is a substitute, should be on your desk, to Senate Bill 552. 552, the, the LC number is 492860S. So this was the sort of what I would call the state version of the Equal Access Act that requires school systems to allow equal access to facilities th- ex- and, and not to discriminate against groups based...
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.
You have another one too, you say? Uh, yes, so seven, uh, seven up from the bottom is, um, Senate Bill 454. This is a something to go into schools, even into kindergarten daycare centers. When we carry our children to school, we expect and want them to come home safe. This is a little safety, uh, issue, a little door blocking mechanism that can be utilized....
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I bring to you this morning, um, Senate Bill 523. It's on the second page, a little below the halfway mark. And this bill is similar to my House Bill 1363 that's gonna create a K through 12, um, coordinator for discrimination claims in our schools. Um, and I was very excited. Senator Goodman was more than happy to accept the...
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. Chair. It's, uh, four- HB1445, page seven, two-thirds of the way down. This, uh, was recommitted to perfect it or make it better anyway. Uh, I had help with DJJ, Margaret Wilk- uh, and she, basically what we did was tighten the language to have state and, state and local police agencies, school systems notified when a, um, a person who's in...
Moved. Second. Moved and second. Any opposition? It's on. By Substitute House Bill 3, uh, 1324, 1324 by Rules Substitute LC 39-5038S.
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.
Yes, sir. Uh, same page four there, just below that one, HR 145, and this is in collaboration with the, uh, literacy, um, initiatives that we just spoke of. Uh, and this is for schools to prioritize the expansion of vision and hearing scree- screenings within schools. As you could imagine, if the children can't see the board or hear the teacher, it could...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members, got, uh, two, two bills or a bill and a resolution to look at. Got middle of page four, HB 1193, the Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026, and this is building on the good work of this House on literacy in this state. It places a qualified literacy coach in, uh, public schools that have grades K through 3. It also, uh,...
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.
Uh, I would agree with that, sir. Thank you. Okay. Don't see any other questions on that. Do you, do you have another one? Uh, yes, Mr. Chairman. On page three, Senate Bill 513, uh, what this bill does is it, uh, seeks to provide K through 12 public school students who are chronically absent for unexcused reasons, uh, with a multi-tiered support systems and...
We didn't want a heavy, heavy hand from the, uh, from the state standpoint. Uh, we know that every school district and every school system is slightly different in the state, and so that's why we wanted to give each one of them an opportunity to create their own individualized plan based upon their economic and demographic conditions. Well, I, I appreciate...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 10, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 10, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on pedestrian visibility, library access to harmful materials, and protections against passing data center electricity costs to other customers. Members questioned whether removing librarians' exemption from obscenity laws would expose them to criminal prosecution. No calendar action was shown for those three measures. The committee adopted a substitute for HB 907 to let an existing completion school expand services into another region and returned HB 1066 to the Governmental Affairs Committee. The committee also placed six measures on the next day's calendar: HB 57, HB 383, HB 903, HB 907, HB 986, and HR 251.
One more follow-up question. Would it not be more appropriate if you're concerned with obscenity to ban the internet from children with respect to their access, as opposed to criminalizing librarians, which this bill does do? Uh, I, I appreciate your comments, and I acknowledge the fact that the internet provides access that is virtually unfettered,...
There's no difference between a librarian in a middle school and a seventh grade teacher in a middle school. The middle school teacher is not afforded any protections from, uh, providing harmful material to min- minors. What this does is place the school librarian in the exact same posture. You, madam, are- Representative ... response... I'm sorry....
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.
For a local educational agency who wants to run a virtual school with a statewide attendance zone. Okay. No, no questions. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator Williams.
So it, it would help somebody go to work and much needed, and, uh, no pushback hardly from anybody on this. Okay. Is that it? Yes, sir. Thank you. No more questions. Thank you very much. Yes, sir. Thank you. My senator, Senator Burns. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, committee. I'm on page eight, six down. This is Senate Bill 74. We've had robust discussion in this...
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.
It would require ... And this bill came as a result of a study committee two years ago on pre-K. Um, would require public schools that offer pre-K and also offer availability to after-school care services to grades K through five to make those after-school services available to pre-K students on the same basis. Um, I'll just mention that there are 172...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm presenting House Bill 1218. It's on page five, seventh from the bottom. House Bill 1218 is the Georgia Virtual Public School Athletic Participation Act. It simply ensures that students enrolled in state-approved virtual public school programs are eligible to participate in extracurricular and interscholastic athletics in their...
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.
It's on the back page. Okay, go ahead. Again, this is a, you know, public safety bill that's not only gonna help protect our law enforcement, but help our families that are going up and down the road. There's technology in everything, so today we got technology in window tinting. Um, people are, have the ability now to put a film that's electronic on their,...
So, you know, by now we're, the, you know, the law only allows 32%, so, um- Are automatic, are the manufacturers of new vehicles are okay with this bill? I haven't had any discussion with them. Okay. Have a question, Chairman Martin, that you- Yes, sir. I apologize, Mr. Chairman. I don't have the bill up on my computer. I'm trying to have it specific, but...
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.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman, committee. I have two bills on the, uh, blue sheets today. On the second page, nine down from the top is a bill we've discussed before, so I'll briefly just point it out. Senate Bill 74, that's the harmful material to minors, uh, protection. Uh, if there are any questions, I'd be happy to discuss it. We've done this before. Go...
This is agency legislation for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. This, uh, may criminalize is what's called signal jammers. These are used, uh, that can disable all forms of communication, whether it be to a home, a business, to a 911 center. It's an evolving threat, and this allows us to attack it head-on. Okay. Don't see any questions. Thank you, sir....
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 10, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 10, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved a Rules substitute for HR 145, a resolution urging vision and hearing screenings in schools for young students. The sponsor explained that the substitute corrected the resolution to refer to the House of Representatives rather than the General Assembly. No opposition was voiced. The chair said the committee would not set a calendar that day because the budget was scheduled to be taken up, and announced a meeting for 11 a.m. the next day to set Thursday’s calendar.
Great. Thank you. Glad to have y'all with us today. Thank you for visiting. Okay. Uh, let's recognize Chairman Erwin to speak to House Resolution 145. Great. Thank you, Chairman and members. Uh, on the white paper in front of you, you got HR 145. It was recommitted yesterday. Uh, it's the urging resolution for vision and hearing screening in schools for our...
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.
Um, with the five-year tag, the only way you can get it is if you opt in to electronic notification. So electronic notification, which a lo- some people don't want 'cause they don't want the government to have their cell phone number in, in a lot of cases, but if you opt into the five-year tag, you will get electronic notifications. So that's the only way...
So they're, they don't, they're not like on the movies. They don't make them silent. The, the spot shotters that they're using around, uh, certain cities like Metro Atlanta that, that are identifying gunfire, they can, they can still spot them with a suppressor used on a firearm. So, uh, it's not gonna make it where it, it's, uh, more difficult for somebody...
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 for being here today, and thank you for what you do every day to make our campuses an, uh, safe. Appreciate y'all being here. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, let's go ahead and get started. Uh... Well, I was gonna take the ladies first, but, uh, Chairman Gullett, go ahead since you're up there. Come on through. Go. Representative Ballard.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, committee. This is, uh, HB970LC650051S. This is a, a health, health bill. This is for Georgia- regarding Georgia high school sports, Georgia High School Association sports physicals. This basically codifies and strengthens the current, um, policies for Georgia high school. It requires either a doctor, doctor osteopath...
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, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I bring before you a Rules Committee substitute to Senate Bill 540. I'll be working off LC64-0123S. One thing that we have seen, uh, as technology continues to develop in our society and all the benefits that, uh, we're, uh, getting through AI, we are seeing some harms that could occur. One of those, uh,...
Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Representative Kelley, does, um, this measure require age verification? I'd look, quickly looked through it. I- Yes. It does? It does. Which- And there are specific requirements for minors, and there are spec- specific requirements for adults. I'll tell you, I just want to follow up. You know, we passed a bill two years...
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.
Uh, House Resolution seve- 1749. This is a, uh, study committee to look at, uh, online gaming platforms in the hope of protecting our children. Okay. Thank you, sir. Yes, sir. Chairman Hilton.
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