Committee restores COAM oversight under Georgia Administrative Procedures Act
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The Senate Economic Development Committee voted unanimously to return the State Lottery’s COAM (Class II gaming) rulemaking to the Administrative Procedures Act to require public notice and legislative review.
The Georgia Senate Economic Development Committee voted unanimously to give House Bill 74 a favorable report, restoring rulemaking for the lottery’s COAM division to the Administrative Procedures Act (APA).
Representative Phillip Powell told the committee the change is aimed at increasing transparency for affected businesses. “It’s all about transparency. It’s about telling these business owners in the state what are the rules of the game and what they're doing,” Powell said.
Powell said last year’s legislation had both added and removed APA language in different places, creating inconsistency; HB 74 would place COAM rulemaking back under the APA so proposed rules would be published for public comment and the legislature could review adopted regulations. The committee recorded no substantive questions beyond clarifying that the bill’s purpose was limited to that change.
A motion to pass was seconded and approved unanimously by the committee.
The bill was advanced from committee and will move through the Senate process with committee sponsorship confirmed for subsequent steps.
