Committee advances bill to replace monthly engineering-contract report with annual searchable Open Georgia dashboard

Jan 30, 2026

The Small Business Development Committee advanced House Bill 704, which would repeal a 1970 monthly architectural/engineering contract report and require an annual searchable dashboard on Open Georgia; members debated reporting frequency and an amendment to make reporting biannual failed.

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House Bill 704, which would replace a 1970-era monthly statistical report on architectural and engineering contracts with an annual, searchable dashboard posted on the Open Georgia website, passed the Small Business Development Committee after several hours of debate.

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