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Georgia House approves local calendar in recorded vote; clerk announces 165-0 tally
Summary
The Georgia House of Representatives approved a local calendar of municipal and county bills in a recorded voice vote the clerk announced as 165 yeas and 0 nays. The items read included homestead-exemption measures and other local governance bills.
The Georgia House of Representatives adopted its local calendar during the floor session on March 10, 2025, with the clerk announcing a recorded vote tally of 165 yeas and 0 nays.
The local calendar contained a set of local bills and ordinances that, as the clerk read them aloud, included measures relating to homestead exemptions, city redevelopment authority powers and other municipal matters. The clerk read the following bills onto the local calendar before the vote: House Bill 514 (City of Kennesaw), House Bill 548 (Albany/Daugherty County), House Bill 587 (Cartersville), House Bill 623 (Carroll County), House Bill 624 (Carroll County), House Bill 685 (Bartow County), House Bill 697 (City of Chickamauga), House Bill 698 (Walker County) and House Bill 703 (City of Peachtree City).
House leaders moved to consider the local calendar as a single unit and, with no objection, ordered a recorded vote. After the vote the clerk announced, “On the passage of the local calendar, the yays are 165, the nays are 0.” The clerk’s announcement immediately preceded the chamber’s recognition of visiting guests on the floor and in the gallery.
Earlier in the session the House also adopted, by unanimous consent, the resolution establishing the order of business for the day and confirmed the prior day’s journal. Committee reports were read into the record before the local calendar: Representative Matt Hatcher (Appropriations) and Representative Beth Campbell (Intergovernmental Coordination, Locals) presented committee recommendations on various bills reported to the floor.
Votes at a glance (local calendar items read and voted as a block): - House Bill 514 — City of Kennesaw (local bill) - House Bill 548 — Albany/Daugherty County (local bill) - House Bill 587 — Cartersville (local bill) - House Bill 623 — Carroll County (local bill) - House Bill 624 — Carroll County (local bill) - House Bill 685 — Bartow County (local bill) - House Bill 697 — City of Chickamauga (local bill) - House Bill 698 — Walker County (local bill) - House Bill 703 — City of Peachtree City (local bill)
The clerk read each bill caption as part of the local calendar before the recorded vote. The session then proceeded to recognition of visitors and other orders of the day.
The House did not debate the individual local bills on the floor during this session; committee chairs had reported favorably on the measures in advance. Details on the substance of each local bill (for example, specific homestead exemption amounts or municipal redevelopment powers) were not included in the floor reading and were not specified on the record during the vote.
Members later agreed to adjourn the session until 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
