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House Higher Education Committee withdraws substitute and sends HB 172 to rules
Summary
Committee withdrew a previously adopted substitute to House Bill 172 and voted to move the original HB 172 (LC 46 10 37) to the Rules Committee with a due-pass recommendation.
The Georgia House Higher Education Committee on Feb. 19 withdrew a previously adopted substitute to House Bill 172 and adopted the original version of the bill before voting to advance it to the Rules Committee.
Chairman Martin asked the committee to withdraw the substitute that had spread a $90,000 allocation over four years; he said rules required leaving the original $90,000 over three years. “Withdrawing that,” he asked; “I see no objection. That is withdrawn,” the chair said.
The committee then moved to adopt the original bill for potential action (House Bill 172, LC 46 10 37) and later voted to recommend the bill do pass and advance to Rules. The chair announced, “It moves on to rules.”
Why it matters: The committee’s votes restore the original funding timing that members had earlier altered in a substitute and send the original bill forward in the legislative process. No further changes or floor amendments were recorded during the committee action.
Ending: Representative Helliston, the bill’s author, was thanked by the chair after the item was sent to Rules. The transcript records voice votes (ayes/ noes) but does not record individual roll-call votes in the committee minutes.
