House clears dozens of bills in afternoon votes; summary of passage and tallies

The Georgia House used a series of ordered questions and committee substitutes to move a broad set of bills to final passage during the session. Many measures were presented briefly on the floor, followed by common motions to adopt committee substitutes and then recorded electronic roll-call votes. The items below summarize the bills taken up and the clerk's announced vote tallies as recorded in the House transcript.

Votes at a glance

- House Bill 579 (professional licensing modernization): Passed, yeas 158, nays 2. Presenter: Representative Matt Reeves. - House Bill 549 (reimbursement for peace officer training expenses): Passed, yeas 164, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Seebaugh. - House Bill 150 (higher education reporting on funding from foreign countries of concern): Passed, yeas 145, nays 22. Presenter: Representative Tim Fleming. - House Bill 288 (protections for law enforcement officers on Giglio/Brady lists): Passed, yeas 146, nays 20. Presenter: Representative Houston Gaines. - House Bill 583 (veterans license plates; second free plate for certain disabled veterans): Passed, yeas 171, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Glaze. - House Bill 484 (digitization and electronic publication of Georgia laws): Passed, yeas 173, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Yerter. - House Bill 530 (electronic filings in probate court): Passed, yeas 174, nays 0. Presenter:…