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Georgia House approves local calendar 167-0; moves several bills to new committees
Summary
The Georgia House of Representatives on Feb. 10, 2025, approved its uncontested local calendar by a recorded vote of 167-0 and formally reassigned multiple bills to different committees by unanimous consent or without objection.
The Georgia House of Representatives on Feb. 10, 2025, approved its uncontested local calendar by a recorded vote of 167-0 and took several procedural steps to reassign bills to different committees, the House transcript shows.
Representative Lynn Smith moved that House Bill 252 be recommitted to the Intergovernmental Coordination Committee; the measure provides a homestead exemption from City of Newnan ad valorem taxes. After the clerk read the bill caption, the chamber proceeded by unanimous consent. "On the lady's motion, HB252 be recommitted to intergovernmental coordination committee. Is there objection? Hearing none, it is so ordered," the presiding officer declared.
The House then voted on the local calendar (excluding HB252). The clerk reported the recorded tally: "The yeas are 167, the nays are 0." The clerk locked the voting machines after the vote and the chamber proceeded to the next order of business.
Lawmakers also used unanimous consent or no-objection procedures to move committee referrals for several bills. Representative Darlene Taylor moved that House Bill 173 be withdrawn from the Education Committee and recommitted to the Public and Community Health Committee; Representative Williamson moved that House Bill 257 be withdrawn from Motor Vehicles and recommitted to Ways and Means; and Representative Anderson moved that House Bill 10 be withdrawn from Governmental Affairs and recommitted to Judiciary, Non-Civil. Each motion was put without objection and ordered by the presiding officer.
Clerks read dozens of bills on first and second reading during the session; many listing captions referenced the Official Code of Georgia Annotated by title and chapter but contained no floor debate in the transcript. Where the clerk read bill captions without substantive discussion, details such as fiscal notes, committee reports, or effective dates were not specified on the floor record.
The day's actions were procedural: recommittals and committee reassignments change where bills will be considered but do not themselves alter bill text. The recorded vote on the local calendar enacted the listed uncontested local measures as reflected in the clerk's tally.
