House approves a package of bills; several local items recommitted

The Georgia House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a series of measures and agreed to Senate substitutes on several House bills, while sending three local items back to committee.

House members approved the local calendar (excluding three pulled bills) and recorded roll-call votes on a set of Senate bills and House bills that had been amended by the Senate. Several local bills were recommitted to intergovernmental committee by unanimous consent earlier in the morning.

The action matters because it advances multiple pieces of legislation toward final approval by both chambers or toward further work in committee, and because the local-calendar actions determine county and municipal tax and charter matters that typically must meet higher constitutional thresholds.

Key votes and actions

- Recommitments to intergovernmental coordination: Chairlady Kemp moved to remove Senate Bill 336 and Senate Bill 355 from the local calendar and return them to the House Committee on Intergovernmental Coordination. The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent. (Motion by Chairlady Kemp; outcome: recommitted by unanimous consent.)

- Recommitment of House Bill 8 25: A motion to pull HB 8 25 from the local calendar was made, later withdrawn by the original mover; Chairlady Kent then moved…