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Senate agrees to House substitute for outdoor‑education bill, rejects rural hospital generator measure; several motions cleared
Summary
The Georgia State Senate voted to adopt the House substitute for SB 148 (outdoor learning and school provisions) and defeated a motion to agree to the House substitute for SB 170 (rural hospital generator grants). The chamber also referred HB 377 to government oversight and formally disagreed to a House substitute for SB 9.
Atlanta — The Georgia State Senate took several procedural and substantive actions Tuesday, passing education‑related language and rejecting a separate public‑health funding vehicle during recorded votes.
On a show of hands and roll calls during the floor session, the Senate agreed to the House substitute for SB 148, a bill that includes an outdoor learning spaces pilot program and related changes for local school districts (including optional hunter safety instruction and adjustments to automated external defibrillator and leave‑day requirements). The motion carried unanimously on the recorded vote: yeas 50, nays 0.
Separately, the Senate considered a House substitute for SB 170, moved as a vehicle to create a grant program intended to help certain rural hospitals purchase backup generators (subject to appropriation and to consultation with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency). The motion to agree to the House substitute failed on a recorded vote: yeas 27, nays 22; the motion did not secure the required majority.
Other actions on the floor included unanimous‑consent referral of House Bill 377 from Rules to the Committee on Government Oversight for further consideration; Secretary read the HB 377 caption addressing changes in how manufactured homes may become real property. The Senate also announced it disagreed to the House substitute to SB 9 (a multi‑topic vehicle concerning obscenity, AI‑related election interference offenses, and related provisions).
The body adjourned until 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026.
Provenance: The unanimous agreement on SB 148 is recorded on the floor (motion and roll call, SEG 1776–1901). The failed motion on SB 170 and the recorded vote appear at SEG 1904–2033. The HB 377 referral and the Senate disagreement to the House substitute for SB 9 are recorded at SEG 1706–1728 and SEG 1732–1773, respectively.
