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House Public Safety Committee adopts new rules, lowers quorum to five
Summary
The Georgia House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee approved new committee rules that set the quorum at five members, a reduction from the prior seven, citing direction from the majority leader’s office and scheduling conflicts among members.
The Georgia House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee voted to adopt new committee rules that set the quorum at five members, down from seven.
Committee leadership said the change responds to scheduling conflicts across multiple committees and to direction from the majority leader’s office. “The 1 difference we’re gonna have … last year we had a quorum would constitute seven members. We now have that in as five,” the committee chairman (name not specified) told members during the meeting.
Representative Lauren McDonald moved to accept the committee rules for the 2025–2026 session; the motion received a second and was approved by voice vote. The committee chair then confirmed that, with the new rules, committees can meet with five members present rather than seven.
Committee members discussed the practical effect of the change for members who may have to leave early during concurrent committee meetings. No further debate or amendments were recorded during the proceeding, and the committee proceeded to the presentation by the Georgia World Congress Center Department of Public Safety.
