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Committee moves HB172 and amended HB150 to Rules; HB150 gains $50,000 reporting threshold
Summary
On Feb. 19 the House Higher Education Committee withdrew one substitute for HB172, adopted the original language for possible action and forwarded HB172 to Rules. The committee also adopted a friendly amendment to HB150 adding a $50,000 minimum reporting threshold, then forwarded HB150 to Rules.
The Georgia House Higher Education Committee on Feb. 19 took procedural action on two bills and forwarded both to the Rules Committee.
House Bill 172 (LC 46 10 307) - Action: The committee withdrew a previously passed substitute and then adopted the original version of HB172 for potential action. The committee voted by voice and moved the bill to Rules with a due‑pass recommendation. - Context: Chairman Martin explained that the substitute had spread $90,000 across four years but that rules required keeping the $90,000 over three years; the committee reverted to the original bill language before forwarding to Rules. - Vote: Voice vote; no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript. Outcome: moved to Rules with due‑pass recommendation.
House Bill 150 (LC 61 01 20S) - Action: The committee considered the substitute offered by Representative Fleming. Representative members proposed and agreed to a friendly amendment to add a minimum reporting threshold: funding, compensation or other monetary exchanges in an amount greater than $50,000 must be reported. The amendment was adopted by voice vote and the committee forwarded the amended bill to Rules with a due‑pass recommendation. - Vote: Voice vote on the amendment and on the bill to Rules; no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript. Outcome: amended and moved to Rules with due‑pass recommendation.
Notes on procedure and next steps - The transcript records motions, seconds and voice votes but does not include a roll-call tally for either item; committee practice in this hearing was to use voice votes for motion approval and forwarding to Rules. - The committee chair indicated appreciation to the bill authors and asked parties to work with legislative counsel and appropriations staff as the bills proceed.
Ending: Both bills will appear on the Rules Committee docket for further consideration.
