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Committee passes several bills; votes include unanimous amendments, HB1209 6–1
Summary
The Finance Committee approved multiple measures, including an amendment to a sales-tax package and passage of HB52 and HB1132 unanimously; a sales-tax refund for a Savannah convention-center expansion (HB1209) passed on a 6–1 vote.
The Senate Finance Committee approved a string of measures during the session. An amendment to delete specified line ranges from a primary bill passed unanimously after a motion to strike lines 677–833 and 869–970. The committee then approved the underlying item (LC 590471S) as amended.
Representative Varras presented HB52, which the committee passed unanimously. Later, Senator Orrach moved a due-pass recommendation on House Bill 1132 (LC 443501S); the motion was seconded and the bill passed unanimously.
Representative Stevens presented LC 590359S, a sales-tax refund intended to incentivize expansion of Savannah’s convention center. The sponsor described a $276 million private investment and asked for up to $7 million in aggregate sales-tax refund after project completion; proponents said the project would create about 300 immediate construction jobs and roughly 1,000 permanent jobs on completion. The committee approved that measure 6–1.
Votes recorded in this session were by voice or hand-raise; the transcript contains roll-call tallies only for the Savannah incentive (6–1).
