Senate gives first reading to multiple bills; committee reports SB 16 "do pass"

At the opening of the Jan. 27 session the Georgia Senate read multiple bills for first reading and references. The bills listed on the floor as first reading included Senate Bill 21, Senate Bill 22, Senate Bill 23, Senate Bill 24, Bill 25, and Senate Bill 26. The transcript records short titles or chapter and title references for each bill but does not include full bill text or committee assignments in the floor reading.

Separately, Secretary Reed delivered a committee report: the Senate Committee on State and Local Governmental Operations reported Senate Bill 16 "do pass". The committee report was signed by Senator Clint Dixon, chairman of that committee, and placed on the record.

Floor-listed bills and the committee report were announced in sequence; no roll-call votes on the first-reading items were recorded in the transcript. The first-reading announcements typically signal referral to standing committees for review and are procedural steps in the legislative process.

Available text from the floor listed partial subject areas but not full sponsors or bill text for each item as read aloud: SB 21 referenced chapter 80 of title 36 relating to county provisions and public safety; SB 22 referenced article 2 of chapter 2 of title 20 (education and youth); SB 23 referenced retirement code provisions (title 47); SB 24 referenced ad valorem tax provisions (title 48); Bill 25 referenced article 2 of chapter 9 (details not specified); SB 26 referenced article 2 of chapter 7 of title 48 (imposition rate computation extensions). The committee report for SB 16 was announced as "do pass" by Senator Clint Dixon, chairman of the reporting committee.

The chamber moved on after the announcements; the transcript contains no substantive debate or floor votes on the first-reading items at the time they were called on the journal.