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Senate Rules Committee moves several bills to calendar, reassigns one bill to health/rules

Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 16, 2026
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Summary

Committee set a modified-structure calendar for multiple Senate bills (including SB160, SB177 by substitute, SB432, SB435, SB524 and SB535), approved a substitute for SB177, and a motion was made to recommit SB411 back to rules/health.

The Senate Rules Committee moved a slate of bills onto the day's calendar and handled several procedural motions.

Chair called for placement of bills under the modified structure and members moved and seconded placement for Senate Bill 160, Senate Bill 177 (by rules substitute LC474227S), Senate Bill 432, Senate Bill 435, Senate Bill 524 and Senate Bill 535. The motions to place the bills on the calendar were moved, seconded and recorded as 'on' or carried by voice vote in the committee transcript.

Earlier in the meeting, Chairman Hawkins moved to recommit Senate Bill 411. The chair asked for objections and the transcript records discussion about returning the item; the meeting transcript indicates the bill was returned to health/rules for further consideration (the committee phrased that as sending it 'back to health').

Representative Kelly presented a rules committee substitute to SB177 that made two changes: it inserted the words "contribution or donation" to make clear the text addresses campaign contributions and tied the definition of hostile foreign countries to the Code of Federal Regulations as referenced by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce rather than listing countries by name. The substitute was approved by the committee.

The committee announced two standing meetings for the next day (a rules standing committee meeting at 11:00 and the committee on rules at 11:30) and then adjourned.

Votes at a glance

- Motion to recommit SB411 (mover: Chairman Hawkins): outcome — returned to health/rules as stated in the meeting transcript (no roll-call tally recorded).

- Approve rules substitute for SB177 (presented by Representative Kelly): outcome — approved by voice vote; transcript records an objection but the substitute carried.

- Placement on calendar (moved and seconded): SB160, SB177 (by substitute), SB432, SB435, SB524, SB535: outcome — placed on the calendar (carried/"on" by voice vote; no roll-call tallies in transcript).