Committee advances House Bill 14 after striking post-production tax credit; music office and foreign-adversary language retained

The Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee advanced LC590163S (House Bill 14) after adopting amendments that removed the bill's proposed post-production tax credit but retained language creating a music office within the Department of Community Affairs and language closing a foreign-adversary vendor loophole.

Representative Carpenter, the bill sponsor, said the measure combines music, film and procurement provisions and that a set of strikes and renumbering would be offered during the committee's consideration. "It's such a pleasure to be here at 08:00 again. I love this committee," Carpenter said before turning the discussion to industry presenters.

Film-industry proponents told the committee the state risks losing post-production work unless it modernizes incentives. Matt Campbell, representing the film sector, described post production as a growth opportunity outside Metro Atlanta: "Post production is the visual effects and things that happen at the end of…