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Special Rules Subcommittee adopts rules for 2025 session
Summary
The Special Rules Subcommittee held an organizational meeting and approved its rules for the 2025 session by voice vote, establishing the panel's jurisdiction over state symbols, designated holidays and study committees and scheduling additional meetings to review upcoming bills.
The Special Rules Subcommittee adopted its operating rules for the 2025 session during an organizational meeting, approving the rules by voice vote and setting the panel's scope to include state symbols, designated state holidays and study committees.
The action establishes the procedures the subcommittee will use to consider bills in its jurisdiction and schedules follow-up meetings to review legislation referred to the panel. Chair (name not specified) said members would be notified in advance of future meetings and that the committee expects to review two or three bills at its next meeting.
Representative Joe Campbell moved to adopt the rules for the 2025 session. A committee member seconded the motion; Chair (name not specified) called for a voice vote and said, "The rules pass." The transcript records a voice vote with no roll call tally provided.
Members used the meeting for brief introductions. Representative Joe Campbell said he represents House District 171 in southwest Georgia and mentioned Decatur County and Camilla. Representative Floyd Griffin identified himself as representing House District 149 and said he is a retired Army senior officer and a former mayor and state senator. Vice Chair Ballinger and Representative Bethany Ballard (House District 147) introduced themselves; Ballard said she lives in Warner Robins and represents parts of Houston and rural Peach counties. Representative Mikiya McQueen (House District 61), Representative Arlene Beckles (House District 96), Representative Sylvia Wafer Baker (House District 64) and Representative Michelle Au (House District 50) also gave brief introductions.
Chair (name not specified) described the subcommittee's jurisdiction succinctly: "This committee kind of, has a little jurisdiction over, state symbols, designated state holidays, and, study committees." Members had no bills on the agenda to review at the meeting; the chair told members they would be given advance notice of future meetings when specific bills are available for vetting.
The meeting concluded with Chair (name not specified) adjourning the session.
