House Economic Development and Tourism Committee adopts rules, sets quorum at six

At its first meeting of the year, the Georgia House Economic Development and Tourism Committee adopted its committee rules and set a quorum of six members, the committee chair said.

The committee chair opened the meeting and told members “we have the committee rules in front of you” before a member moved to adopt the rules. The chair announced “we have a motion and a second,” called for the ayes and, after the affirmative response, declared the motion carried and adjourned the meeting.

The nut graf: committee rules set the procedures by which the panel will consider bills, hear testimony and conduct business during the session; specifying a quorum determines how many members must be present for the committee to take official action.

Most of the meeting consisted of brief member introductions from representatives around the state; no substantive debate on amendments to the rules was recorded. The chair explicitly stated the quorum provision: “we're gonna have 6 members as our quorum for the, for the full committee.” That statement was made on the record prior to the motion and vote.

There was no recorded roll-call vote; the motion was adopted by voice vote after the chair solicited those in favor. The transcript records no amendments, conditions, or follow-up assignments tied to the rules vote.

The meeting concluded immediately after the rules were adopted; no additional agenda items were taken up and no date was specified for the committee’s next meeting.