Senate committee recommends substitute for House Bill 147 requiring AI inventories, model policies; adds AG role for charter school TEFRA reviews

The Senate Committee on Science and Technology voted 3-1 to recommend passage of a committee substitute for House Bill 147 (LC 59,161S), directing the Georgia Technology Authority to inventory government uses of artificial intelligence, publish model policies and procedures, and require local governments to disclose AI systems by the end of 2027. The substitute also adds a provision allowing the Georgia attorney general's office to validate TEFRA-related executive-agency reviews for state-approved charter school bond financings.

The committee substitute combines language from a House bill and elements of Senate Bill 37. Chair, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, told members the substitute "adds to the list of 32 things the technology authority is in statute, directed to do" and would create a publicly accessible website listing government AI uses. Representative Thomas, the bill's author, described the measure as aimed at transparency: "This is simply a disclosure bill, what AI is being used by government entities. That's all."

Why it matters: the substitute seeks to give the public a single, searchable place to see where state and, later, local…