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Committee amends House Resolution 29 to lower settlement appropriation threshold from $75M to $10M; votes do pass
Summary
The Georgia House Judiciary Committee amended House Resolution 29 (LC 560226) to require the General Assembly to appropriate settlement or unanticipated funds of $10 million or more received after Jan. 1, 2027, and recommended the measure do pass as amended by voice vote.
A Georgia House committee on an unrecorded voice vote approved an amended version of House Resolution 29 (LC 560226), a proposed constitutional amendment that would require the General Assembly to appropriate settlements and other unanticipated funds of $10,000,000 or more received after Jan. 1, 2027.
The sponsor presented the resolution to the committee, saying the amendment would cover “settlements and unanticipated funds that come into the state after January first of 2027.” The sponsor said the measure initially set a $75,000,000 threshold and described the change as a way to give the legislature control over large incoming settlements. “I feel this is necessary because that is not what…
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