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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.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I come to you with House Bill 1272, page five, five down from the top. Uh, this is the Georgia Payment Stable Coin Act, and this would allow Georgia to continue to lead the way in fintech and allow us to be the first state to issue stable coins underneath the Federal Genius Act. Okay. Questions? No...
All right. This is, uh, House Bill 1277 substitute. It's on page five, halfway down, and this is a agency bill for GDOT, and this, this updates an outdated, uh, dollar threshold, uh, streamline reporting reports for, uh, GDOT, gives them reasonable flexibility, uh, for projects to deliver. The bill raises the environmental review trigger, uh, for road,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 25, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee unanimously approved a substitute for SB 447, concerning deadlines for land-disturbance permits, and approved a substitute for SR 668, concerning separate property-tax treatment for data centers, with 16 in favor and two opposed. Members then heard brief presentations on bills awaiting floor consideration. The committee unanimously placed SR 480 and SR 567 on a consent calendar. It also unanimously approved a floor calendar containing SB 34, SB 399, SB 441, SB 470, SB 472, SB 500, SB 513, SB 535 and HB 377. The other measures presented were not selected for that floor calendar.
You're getting off easy, man. Easy. I'm gonna have to get a new committee if y'all can't come up with new material. Senate Bill 527, Senator Robertson. And don't say it's an agency bill. Yes, Mr. Chair. Uh, Mr. Chairman, this is a department bill, Sheriff's Department. Um- It, um... What this does is just require that individuals who qualify to run for...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, uh, members of the committee. This bill passed out of finance. Um, for those on the finance committee, uh, if you recall, this bill essentially allows the creation of a separate class of property for ad valorem tax purposes. And, um, Senator Cowsert and Gooch, you guys had some concern over the inclusion of manufacturing, uh,...
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.
It's bill number 11- House Bill 1196. So your first bill is gonna be a House bill. That's it. Wow. Wow. It is. That's- Would you like to hear about it, Mr. Chairman? I'm not sure how I feel about a senator's first bill being a House bill, but I guess we'll hear it. All right. This, this House bill establishes specific criminal offenses and penalties for...
Covered it. We covered it. I'm sorry. I covered it.
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.
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have two bills here. Um, one is House Bill 147. It's on the first page. Does two things. It, it, uh, limits government, uh, Georgia governmental entities from entering into software licensing contracts that restrict where the software can be installed or run. It's, uh, also known as targeting hardware lock-in clauses....
I do. My second bill is towards the bottom of page five. That's 1434. This bill relates to airports. Above all of Georgia's general aviation airports is protected airspace by, protected by 14 CFR Part 77. That's a federal regulation. And this airspace contains the air routes flowing into and out of the airport. Uh, Georgia doesn't have a g- a good, uh,...
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.
And then I have on the bottom of page six, House Bill 1142. This is a public safety measure that creates a repeat domestic violence offender registry for Georgia to be maintained by the GBI. I think this is a, a great companion bill to Senator Still's bill, uh, creating the animal abuse database. So that's it. No questions. Thank you. Great job....
... uh, today, I've got, uh, House Bill 1022. It's kind of a ghost bill, because it's not on the yellow sheet. But it was a combined, got out of public safety at the end of last week, and it combined a bunch of bills, um, making electronic window tinting illegal. It also, uh, Chairman Bearden added, the, made us, aligned us with, uh, Florida, bringing us...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 5, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 5, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard brief presentations on bills covering education, elections, criminal justice, veterans, utilities, taxes and other subjects, then unanimously approved a package for the next day's Senate floor calendar. The package included bills discussed during this meeting and 11 bills carried over from the previous day. Members questioned proposals involving monument relocation, veterans' park fees, school employee retirement, online identity fraud and school enrollment choices. The chair declined requests to add SB 34 and SB 94, explaining that language from the first was already included in SB 410 and that the second had not been selected. The chair also said SR 668 remained on the Senate floor's table and could be brought back up there.
So, well, I think the judiciary chairman was in here. Maybe we should take it up with him, but we'll do that at a later date. All right, back to the top. Senate Bill 11, Senator Rhett. And I'm gonna go in order, so if you got multiples, just do the one we're on. All right, Senator Rhett, SB 11. Veterans who have served- Oh, I'm sorry. Hold on. 10. I'm...
10:02. That's for your reading. March 5th- 2026 ... 2026, in the year of our Lord. I just have to leave to go present a bill at 11:00, so. All right. Senator Ginn, you were the first to arrive. I'm gonna allow you to do the prayer, and you're gonna get first pick for your punctuality. Hey. Go ahead with the prayer. We're not picking yet. Thank you, Mr....
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.
All right. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. Page one, best page, House Bill 376, middle of the page. This is an economic development bill. Uh, we have seen downtowns flourish across the state from Macon to Columbus to Augusta, uh, by revitalizing our historic structures. This, uh, historic rehabilitation tax credit expires in 2029....
That is correct. Thank you. Yes, sir. Stratification. That's a mighty big word for a man out of Perry. I'm impressed. You're getting big in the head. I'm impressed. All right. Uh, any other questions? All right. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good job. Representative Franklin, how are you, sir? Thank you, Mr. I'm fine. I'm great. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm...
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.
Good bill. Good bills around solar installations on closed landfills. All right, uh, HB 1208 came out of Judy. That is Chairman Guncher's bill requiring deposition to be taken before certified court reporters. HB 1247 also came out of Judy. That is the Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act. Anybody on Judy know what that is?
Thank you. House Bill 447, page two, middle of the way down, um, this creates a, uh, comprehensive framework for, um, gift card fraud here happening in Georgia. Cartels are doing it. Um, they're taking gift cards that are off the shelf, stealing the numbers, putting it back on the shelf. You activate it, they take your money and are gone. This is happening,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · January 27, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, January 27, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee unanimously approved substitutes for HB 483, concerning added protections for code enforcement officials, and HB 117, requiring restaurants and other food service establishments to identify imported shrimp. Members questioned the shrimp bill’s scope, enforcement and possible price effects. The committee also discussed a substitute for HB 377 that would require local governments to select certain design professionals based first on qualifications, rather than price. Members asked about bidding requirements, negotiations and safeguards against steering contracts to particular firms. The chair postponed that vote until the House sponsor could attend and help answer questions.
Are there no tariffs on the, on the shrimp? On some of these countries, no tariffs at all. Any at all. On some there are. Um- Okay ... but what happens is, so Ecuador for example, and by the way, um, US aid that we recently did some cutting on, uh, uh, literally was paying Ecuador. We were giving money to Ecuador to create farm-raised shrimp to sell to...
Home of the cows. Home of the shrimp. From the first city in Georgia. That's right. On the coast of Georgia in the United States- ... of America. And I got a second- ... from the president pro tem, Larry Walker III. He lives slap dab in the middle of the state. Not near the coast, but closer than me. But I have shrimp coming down the Chattahoochee. Okay....
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.
Well done. Thank you. We're very fortunate to have the insurance- Chairman ... committee chairman here. Almost said commissioner. All right, SB 452, Senator Hatchett. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is a very important bill, uh, for our state law enforcement officers. This is a governor's bill. He mentioned this in the State of the State, and this will...
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.
All right, moving on. Uh, SB 239. My understanding, Senator Williams, you're gonna be carrying this. Yes, sir. For Senator Walker. Correct. Okay. Jack, you got it? Yes, sir. Okay. Go ahead. All right, this, uh, splits the license like it used to be, so you don't have to be a licensed embalmer to be a funeral director. So that's what this is. This also will...
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 · 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.
Thank you, sir. Um, just wanted to raise to the committee's attention SB 327, which would provide for a sixth judge for the Clayton County judicial circuit. Um, this came out of judiciary unanimously. Clayton is the circuit that has the highest workload in the entire state, and, uh, particularly with the World Cup coming and all of the, the fact that they...
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.
HR 1243 ... I'm sorry, HR 1243, bottom of the back page. Last in page. Last on the second page. Yes, sir. You'd think I would've gotten that after this long HR 1243. But it's the, the 911 constitutional amendment, uh, unanimous in the House, and I hope we can move that forward and keep this on track for the folks of Georgia. Any questions- Feeling good...
Doing great. Thank you. Thank you, committee. This is House Bill 1107, strengthens education preparation provider programs in Georgia. This, uh, bill was worked in collaboration with USG, the Professional Standards Commission, and the Governor's Office of Student Achievement- 1107 ... collaborative work together to make sure our teachers are prepared- Final...
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.
Road. Yeah. Actually, that is the... That's the full name, road naming bill, right? All right, SR800. Power. That's good. Most important bill.
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, let's start out. Senate Bill 146. Senator Williams, you've presented that, but if you'll just give us a quick refresher course. This is, uh, a bill to protect our cemeteries and to make sure that heirs or descendants of cemeteries have access to be able to maintain and keep up a family cemetery, even though it might be on private land. But it's,...
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.
First is, uh, first two are on page two. Start with H- HB 979. This simply creates a framework to allow our, uh, military installations to cede jurisdiction to the state as it relates to juvenile cases if the state wants to accept those. Okay.
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.
All right, meeting adjourned.
Order. All right. Doc Rhett. Yes, sir. Senator Doc Rhett, would you lead us in a word of prayer? Yes, sir, Mr. Chairman. Bow our heads. Oh, Lord, we thank you for another day and opportunity to do the people's work here at the Georgia Capitol. Guide us, be with us, show us the way. We ask these things through Christ our Lord. Amen. Amen. Amen. All right....
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 9, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 9, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee unanimously approved a substitute for SB 395 addressing information sharing for the low-THC oil patient registry. In the calendar portion of the meeting, members heard presentations on retirement benefits, vehicle registration, AI-generated sexual material, postsecondary education oversight, an agency name change, small claims court limits, insurance decisions using AI, and unlawful occupancy. The longest discussion concerned SB 405, with members debating access to lower-cost court proceedings and protections for defendants. The committee unanimously placed SB 384 and SB 435 on the next day's calendar. No further action was shown on the other bills presented.
There are no refunds. That's right. You choose to opt in, and it, you know, you pay $120 instead of 20, and you don't get a refund if you decide to drop a vehicle. Is there a discount for buying a volume- There are no discounts ... like, innocent five years versus o- one, one at a time? No. You pay the same rate. It's completely optional, and it's honestly...
All right, and I didn't mean to, but SB 405, I accidentally skipped that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. Uh, SB 405 is a bill that takes the maximum threshold for claims in small claims court from $15,000 and allows claims up to $50,000. Ooh. This was changed the last time 28 years ago. It was changed in the 1998 session. It was, last...
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.
On the job. Get us some good house bills. Meeting adjourned.
Okay. All right, H- That was 535, first one on the second page. All right, HB 549, just doing training expenses, reimbursement for peace officers, I think is pretty much it, right? If one agency hires them away, they have to leave- Hold on. Go ahead. It's if... Do you give you an example, if the, if the, um, local police department pays for somebody to go...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · February 19, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, February 19, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee reviewed bills awaiting Senate floor consideration and selected five for the next day's calendar: SB 409, SB 427, SB 440, HB 455 and HB 973. The calendar motion passed by voice vote, which the chair described as unanimous. Presentations covered legislative and magistrate retirement, budgeting, medical cannabis program communication, court claim limits, homeowner protections, healthcare licensing, public health code changes and local government audits. Members asked questions about licensing radiologist assistants, including whether it would improve hiring and provide career advancement for radiology technicians. The other reviewed bills were not included in the approved calendar.
Yeah ... person. That's right. Uh, but you, uh, explained the need for this, and I'm, I'm excited that, is it, you know, d- doesn't it provide a career pathway for rad techs also to- Yes, sir ... maybe get further training and have a career path that might help us with our healthcare workforce? That's right. All right. M- moving on up. Thank you. Thank you....
Well, thank you very much. Any questions? No questions. SB 405, I think we have this one memorized. Uh, this increases it from 15,000 to 50,000. Any questions? It's a good bill. It will be picked-
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