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Georgia Senate Rules Committee advances series of study committees and bills; votes move items to general calendar
Summary
The Senate Rules Committee approved multiple study committees and advanced a slate of house bills and substitutes to the general calendar, including measures on social media and AI studies, school speed camera reforms and bans, menu labeling for imported shrimp, and tax-credit changes for the film industry.
The Georgia Senate Rules Committee on an interim morning approved several study committees and voted to advance a range of house bills and substitutes to the general calendar, moving measures on social media and artificial intelligence, school-speed cameras, seafood labeling, and tax incentives closer to floor consideration.
The committee chair opened with housekeeping and recognized several study committees that were unanimously approved, including a Senate study on the impact of social media and artificial intelligence on children and platform privacy protections and others examining school waiver usage and inclusive educational settings for students with disabilities.
Several house bills were sent forward after committee consideration. Notable items the committee forwarded included: a menu-labeling measure requiring restaurants to disclose imported shrimp (House Bill 117), a substitute to reinstate a post-production film tax credit (House Bill 129, substitute), legislation addressing distribution of computer-generated obscene…
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