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Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 11, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 11, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee unanimously approved placing SB 476, SB 477, HB 134 and HB 463 on the Senate floor calendar for the next day. The chair described SB 476 as an incremental income tax reduction and SB 477 as eliminating income tax for households filing jointly with income up to $100,000 and individual filers with income up to $50,000, along with tax credit provisions. The committee chair who had handled the bills confirmed those descriptions and described the two House measures as duplicates of the Senate measures. The committee then adjourned.
... Mr. Chairman? And then you wanna cover 134, and HB 134 and HB 463? Well, those are duplicate bills of 476 and 477. So- And 134 is like 476, and 463 is like 477. Is that correct? Cor- correct. Okay. None of this really matters, 'cause they're all four going on the floor tomorrow. Um, so I got a motion. We're doing... I've got SB 476, I've got SB 477, HB...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 23, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 23, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard brief presentations on a wide range of tax, education, public safety, health, court and other measures, then unanimously approved a package for the Senate floor calendar. In its standing committee session, it approved a substitute for HB 1077, extending an arts-related sales tax exemption and adding Georgia National Fair admissions, by an 11-4 vote. It approved a substitute for HB 1129, removing a proposed five-year expiration provision for enterprise zones, by a 9-5 vote. Members questioned how a restored House budget oversight committee under HB 1178 would involve the Senate. The chair made that discussion hearing-only and asked the sponsor to work with the committee.
Sorry. Okay, on page five, House Bill, uh, 1396. This would allow for tracking- Yes ... in the City of Atlanta of unsheltered homeless individuals receiving services from a nonprofit organization that doesn't receive government funds. Um, as we work on addressing the issue with unsheltered homelessness, uh, the HMIS database is only receiving input from...
All right. Let's get going. Um, we got... We got anybody else? Okay. So we got HB 369. Senator Albers, you're carrying that bill. It's just a little cleanup bill for law enforcement in Tennessee counties.
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 16, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 16, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to move bills to the Senate floor on education, taxes, public safety, transportation, health care and other subjects. Members unanimously approved a six-bill calendar for the next day: HB 376, HB 998, HB 999, HB 1159, HB 1302 and HB 1379. The committee then switched to a standing committee meeting to consider a substitute for HB 1020 combining district attorney retirement changes with salary changes. Members questioned the proposed limit on local salary supplements and whether some district attorneys could lose pay by opting in. The committee approved the substitute, with the chair announcing a final tally of 11 yes votes and three no votes, and sent it to Rules.
We can do this one of two ways. Actually, we can do it one of a million ways. I'm gonna put... I wanna put six bills on tomorrow. I got four ding dings. Ooh, okay. So you want me to just put them all? Go ahead. For sake of time? Yeah. All right. We're putting on 998, 1159, 1302, and 1379, and then let's pick a couple. So we left off with Senator Robertson....
Fair question. All right, Representative.
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 25, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved substitutes for two study committee resolutions, HB 79 and HB 485, then unanimously approved a group of bills for the Senate calendar. Presentations covered taxes, education, insurance, veterans’ benefits, transportation and other subjects. Members questioned whether HB 1178, which would put a House oversight committee into law, duplicated existing powers and should also cover the Senate. A vote followed, but the result was not clearly announced. The committee also voted on an artificial intelligence-related substitute for HB 171, without a clear announcement of the result. During calendar consideration, one speaker opposed the transit referendum provisions substituted into HB 583. The final calendar included that bill, the budget and numerous other measures.
HB 1316, top of page six. This was put in the House as a local bill and passed. Uh, I did not have a senator, and it became a general bill over here. Uh, in 2025 we put in two sister bills, one for City of Chickamauga Schools and one for Walker County Schools. Um, they do not have a, a residency, uh, requirement in any of their exemptions. And, uh, the...
House Bill 320. 320. Okay. And Senator Ginn, they've all gone, right? All right. And then we're proning. Gonna be a long proning. He did 11... uh, 1275. Yeah. A little looser. All right. Let me see. I'm gonna, uh, put on Gooch's ding-ding. It's gonna be 1138, which happens to be another one. And then it's gonna be 1208, which happens to be another one. And...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 18, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 18, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on education, taxes, public safety, vehicle titles, veterinary care and other issues. Members unanimously referred HB 445 and HB 485 to the Standing Rules Committee. After hearing presentations and reviewing other measures, the committee unanimously approved ten measures for the floor calendar. Those included proposals on pre-K after-school access, technical college education, manufactured-home taxes, veterinary care, funeral expenses, delivery devices, public safety license plates, nonpartisan probate judge elections and a dedicated 911 fund. Other measures were discussed without a calendar vote.
That's how you get off this yellow sheet and onto the floor, and I mean that. Representative King, how are you? Hi. Thank you. I'm well. And if I could just give a plug- You're not well, nice ... for House Bill 165 that Lehman Franklin just mentioned. Uh, the original language was in my House Bill 134, which passed out of the Senate Finance last year. Mm....
A- and that's all of them. Covering them all. All right, let's pick a few. I've got, I've got some ding-dings today. So did she pick last time? Senator Jackson, did you pick last time? I did. I thought so. That's right. You get a ding-ding for being honest. Pick again. Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I didn't come prepared, though, but, um, so let's do, uh,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 19, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 19, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard brief requests to schedule bills on education, taxes, health care, veterans, licensing and other subjects. Members unanimously approved a 16-measure floor calendar. In separate committee business, members unanimously approved a prison education study committee resolution, a resolution honoring Bangladeshi peacekeepers, and a substitute for HB 445 that added public water and sewer systems to a public utility definition. Members questioned trout-stream buffer changes in HB 485. The chair postponed action on that bill until the next day so legislative counsel and the original sponsor could help explain the changes.
1374. And 1097. Did we? Already did. Oh. I'm sorry. No. 1261. Six. Oops. Might've gone over my allotment. All right, HB 61, HB 541, HB 907, HB 946, HB 987, HB 1086, HB 1097, HB 1181, HB 1182, HB 1192, HB 1261, HB 1268, HB 1329, HB 1374, and HRs 1050 and 1051. Motion. Got a motion to pass from Senator Anavitarte. Got a second from Senator Still. Any further...
... uh, HB1374. This is a bill that we, uh, actually passed about eight years ago, and I carried that bill also. This has to do with virtual credit cards. They're paying their providers, the insurers are paying their providers, but rather than sending a check, they're sending a letterhead with numbers on it, and the folks up front dial the numbers in. They...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 30, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 30, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee set the Senate floor calendar for legislative days 39 and 40. Sponsors gave brief presentations, members selected bills, and the chair added several measures. After a lunch recess, members held an informal vote to choose one additional bill, selecting HB 421. The committee then unanimously approved the full calendar. The selections covered taxes, education, health care, public safety, local government and other subjects. Separately, the committee unanimously moved 12 study committee resolutions to the consent calendar. Several measures presented or nominated were not included in the final calendar. The chair said no Wednesday meeting was planned and cautioned that some calendar bills could later be tabled on the floor. The meeting ended in recess.
House Bill 1393. 1393. Man, we're doing good today. Ooh. 1393. So actually, I think we'll do that for that. All right. Now, we got the dean of the Senate, and he has requested 1413. All right. That was 1413. All right. Senator Cowsert.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to nominate House Bill 1303. 13- That's, uh- ... 03 ... child endangerment for controlled substances in the home. Y'all listen up. This is important. Child- Child endangerment for substance. For what? For controlled substances in the home. Okay. Child endangerment. What number? 1303. Child endangerment for substance in the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 10, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 10, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard brief presentations and requests to schedule bills for Senate floor consideration. By a unanimous voice vote, it approved a calendar containing HB 162, HB 185, HB 219, HB 483, HB 956, HB 1020 and HB 1199. Members also discussed recycling, deannexation, manufactured homes, squatting, credit for time spent in jail and reimbursement of police training costs. Other bills and resolutions presented were not included in the approved calendar.
Uh, what was that? Would you like to address the crowd? We know you remember. They paid a- They paid a lot of money to see you. Yeah. You need to give them what they came for. All right, let's move on. Uh, Senator Huffstetler, HB165, can you cover that for Representative Franklin since you're carrying it? Yeah, we, um- Oh, yeah ... stripped that and put...
It's a good practice. All right. Anything else for the good of the order? All right, let's pick a few. Leader Jones. Mister, uh, HB 483. 483. Good bill. All right. Go on. My vice chairman. Let's do HB 162. 162. Okay. 162. All right. I need some ding-dings here. I got one. What you got? You said 160. 162. 162. 956. Good job. All right. What about this one?...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · January 29, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, January 29, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard brief presentations on cemetery protections in SB 146 and funeral director licensing in SB 239. It also revisited HB 117, which the chair described as a shrimp bill heard previously, and added SR 563 for consideration. The committee unanimously approved placing SB 239, HB 117 and SR 563 on Monday’s floor calendar. No vote or calendar decision on SB 146 was recorded.
Okay, any questions? Hearing none. All right. HB 117, that's, uh, Representative Petrie's shrimp bill we heard from the other day. Does anybody have any questions on that that my vice chairman can answer? Nothing. Nope. Hearing none. All right, and then SR 563, we all know that one. It was just on the floor. And, um, so I am, I'm gonna go ahead and make...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 24, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 24, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard brief presentations on bills concerning courts, education, licensing, public safety, retirement and local government. Members unanimously moved SB 447 and SR 668 to the Standing Rules Committee. They also unanimously approved placing SB 116, SB 433 and HB 571 on the next day's floor calendar. Other proposals were discussed or called up without a recorded vote. The chair said the next day's floor work would also include two special actions and possibly the budget, and warned that longer floor sessions would require committee chairs to prioritize their work.
This is allowing us to create, uh, and certify radiological assistants, uh, in order to allow them to work in our hospitals and have a career path. Desperately needed. All righty. Any questions? Let's pick a few. Let's see. Senator Jones, you weren't here the other day. I'm gonna give you a pick. Any ding-dings, Mr.- Um, SB 433. I do have two ding-dings,...
SB 116. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members. Senate Bill 1- 116, this one the Senate Rules heard a few weeks ago, dealing with DNA sampling for those in the country illegally if there's a detainer and if ICE does not pick them up within the 48 hours that they're r- required to. That's the bill. Okay. Any questions? You're lucky there's...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 20, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 20, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved a substitute for HB 328 by a 7 to 5 vote after discussing removal of the scholarship tax credit program’s expiration date. Members then heard requests to schedule bills on education, taxes, courts, veterans, public safety and other subjects. The committee unanimously approved a 14-measure floor calendar, including HB 154, which a presenter said now seeks year-round Atlantic Standard Time, and HB 1009, concerning cellphone-free high school classrooms. After initially selecting HB 1077, members removed it from the calendar and unanimously returned it to the Rules Standing Committee for an unspecified correction. Members also unanimously returned HB 1129 to that committee.
'Cause that's a really good bill too. That's a- Yeah, that's just a department bill that updates who, um, qualifies for retirement. There's been some switching around of health department peoples between county and state employees. Okay. Uh, so and then we got, uh, hmm... Do we need to talk about 1112 again, uh, Chairman Hufstetler? We've talked about that...
Uh, think you're carrying that one. That's, uh, Newton's, the tax credit. And then going down to HB163. No food. Uh- Lab meat ... that was Representative Ridley. What was that? Lab meat. Fake food. Oh, yeah. That is cultured meat. That's right. Mm-hmm. Yeah. There we go. Almost like those fake shrimp there, wasn't it? So-
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 12, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 12, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee unanimously moved HB 445 from its standing committee to the general Rules calendar, then heard presentations and reviewed bills awaiting floor consideration. Discussions included tax refunds, court fees and judicial elections, police training reimbursements, probation credit, and protections for animals in enclosures. The committee unanimously approved a floor calendar containing SR 697, SR 698, HB 521, HB 535, HB 983, HB 1000, and HB 1196. The chair postponed consideration of HB 1020 until Monday because a substitute was not ready. The other measures reviewed were not included in the approved floor calendar.
All right. Any other questions here? None. All right. HB 983 is Representative Hagens', I like to call the silviculture bill. Any questions? Good. And that's all of them. So let's pick a few. I already got the two resolutions on. I'm gonna do, I've got two ding-dings. Ooh, I got one. So, and Senator Ginn, you know what? You got one, so we're gonna let you...
All right. Well, I want to commend Representative Townsend for at least trying, so. Yes, sir. We will notify- ... Representative Franklin you're fighting f- for his bill. All right. Representative Campbell.
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 3, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 3, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved substitutes for two bills. SB 116 would require local officers to collect DNA from certain detainees with immigration detainers if federal immigration authorities do not pick them up within 48 hours. The motion carried with one opposing vote, and the chair said the bill would move to the general calendar. The committee also unanimously approved a substitute for SB 239 that the sponsor said adds human composting as a method of disposition to account for legislation passed last session. No members of the public spoke on either bill.
Amen. All right, first on the agenda is SB 116. Senator Bearden, if you would just go to the podium for us. Tell us about your underlying bill, and then you have a committee sub. There was some, a small change. If you'll cover the, the bill and the change. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For all the readers. We are working off the substitute Senate Bill 116,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 12, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 12, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved a substitute for SR 744, correcting a hometown spelling and clarifying that the recognition concerns an event at the Capitol. It unanimously moved SB 437 to the standing committee for changes. After hearing presentations on several proposals, the committee unanimously selected SB 143, SB 369 and SB 452 for the Senate calendar. Other presentations covered retirement benefits, medical cannabis program communication, magistrate court claims, insurers’ use of aerial images, school mask policies and bingo rules. A member questioned support among magistrate judges for raising the court’s claim limit. A question about which state law enforcement officers would qualify for increased retirement contributions remained unanswered.
Any questions for the author? Hearing none, moving on. All right, HB 244. That's Representative Cannon's bill. Y'all remember that one. You might need a refresher course. All right, HB 455. That's the bingo. That is the bingo bill, and which, uh, I'm actually carrying that, so I can cover it. It, it allows for them, if a, if a entity has bingo in one...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 2, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee returned SB 116 to a standing committee so the sponsor could make changes. It reviewed SB 146, concerning access to family cemeteries, but did not select it for the next day's floor calendar. Members also discussed homeowner property-tax provisions in SB 382 and coastal fisheries management under SB 420. The committee unanimously approved a calendar placing SB 382 and SB 420 before the Senate the next day.
All right, first order of business, uh, SB 116. The author needs to make some changes on that, and so I would like to refer that to standing committee. Um- Second. Is there any questions? All right, I got a motion. Second. I got a second from Senator Albers. Is there any discussion on that? He, uh, this is DNA bill. He wanted to make a, uh, there was a...
Oh, okay. All right, moving on. Senate Bill 382. That is Senator Hufstetler. Keep the same mic here. This bill will restore what the Senate passed in February of 2024 by a 42-7 vote that would say that everyone is opt-in into the, uh, increase. It's just for homeowners only. And, um, the, uh, second thing it does is the, uh, FLOSs tax that, uh, 30-something...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 20, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 20, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard brief presentations on bills concerning education, health care, courts, public records, retirement and other topics. Members unanimously approved SB 171, SB 392, SB 395, SB 428 and SB 430 for the floor calendar. The committee also unanimously approved a consent calendar containing SR 684 and SR 744, after sponsors described wording corrections to those resolutions. The chair said SB 487 remained under review. No calendar action was recorded for the other bills discussed.
Ideally, what I'd like to do is, uh, at the appropriate time, we would entertain a motion to take both SR 684 and SR 744 and move them to the consideration calendar, but we'll wait on that. All right. HB 244, Representative Cannon. We've covered that. Any questions on that? I think we're good there. And then HB 571, uh, Senator Albers, you're c- carrying...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 3, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 3, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard brief presentations and selected a large slate of bills and resolutions for the Senate calendar, approving the slate with one dissenting vote. Topics included retirement systems, schools, insurance, property owners’ rights, public safety and taxes. The committee referred HB 1199 to its standing committee after the chair said disputed policy should be removed from the annual tax conformity measure. That referral also passed with one opposing vote. SB 540 remained on hold at its sponsor’s request. A sponsor requested consideration of SB 327, but the transcript does not show it being selected for the calendar. The chair announced that the next Rules meeting would be Thursday and that the standing committee would meet Monday after crossover.
HB 1199 may be pulled off the consent calendar. HB 1199 was referred to standing. We will take, we will have our next standing committee on Mon, on Monday when we get back after crossover. All right, and so everybody knows, I got a motion to do pass.
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 4, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 4, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard brief presentations on six bills covering cemetery protection, licensing, vehicle registration, unclaimed property, dry needling and election oversight. Members unanimously approved sending SB 239, SB 403 and HB 414 to the Senate floor. The transcript shows no calendar action on the other three bills.
Thank you, Senator. All right. You'll see on your rules consideration calendar, the yellow sheet, you'll notice six bills. So first up, Senate Bill 146. Senator Williams, in fact, I believe you got two, so go ahead and cover 146 and 239. Um, you can be brief since you've already gone over both.
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 9, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 9, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on bills covering environmental management, professional licensing, law enforcement, local government and other topics. Members unanimously approved a five-item calendar for the next day: HB 945, HB 115, HB 244, HR 1008 and SR 771. The committee then considered two bills in its standing committee role. It approved a substitute for HB 254 covering a Revolutionary War commemorative marker and a privately funded statue at the judicial center, by a 13-4 vote. It also unanimously approved a substitute for HB 1199, the annual update aligning parts of Georgia tax law with federal law.
Oh, man, it's just a pleasure. Uh, House Bill 485 is similar to the annual code revision bill, uh, but it's not that bill in fact. It, th- but it does some of the same things that the code revision bill does. It streamlines and modernizes technology as well as some of the federal ref- references in Georgia law. For example, the No, No Child Left Behind law,...
I'm presenting House Bill 61. It's a squatter reform bill that clarifies Georgia law to close loopholes being exploited by criminal squatters and bad actors in extended stay- It's right here ... and hotel settings. This bill protects lawful tenants and paying hotel guests while restoring clear authority for property owners and law enforcement to address...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 26, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 26, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee briefly reviewed bills and selected 11 measures for the Senate floor calendar. The committee unanimously approved a calendar containing SB 240, SB 437, SB 443, SB 447, SB 463, SB 468, SB 471, SB 497, SB 527, SR 800 and HB 377. Other measures received brief descriptions or acknowledgments but were not included in the approved calendar. Most reviews were limited to a few words, with little substantive discussion and no amendments offered.
And HB 244. Already on floor. Yes. Oh, no, that was a different one. Save the old house bill. Mm. That's good. We'll go with that. Second.
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