Chairman Fruit: committee approves transfer of Georgia Commission on Women to Department of Public Health

Chairman Fruit opened the short committee meeting and introduced House Bill 382 (LC440327), saying the measure would move the Georgia Commission on Women from one state department to another. "This is a very short bill. Basically, what we're doing is, it's LC440327, house bill 382, and we're actually moving the, Georgia Commission on Women from one department to another," Chairman Fruit said.

Representative Price asked for clarification after an apparent typo in the bill language about the receiving agency, noting a reference to DCA. Chairman Fruit confirmed the receiving agency is the Department of Public Health and characterized the transfer as an agency request that does not change any budgeted funding. A committee member moved to transfer the commission to DPH; the vice chair seconded the motion. The committee approved the motion by voice vote, with members saying "Aye" and no recorded oppositions in the transcript.

The transcript records no vote tally by name and does not list any changes to funding; the chair then adjourned the meeting. The measure was described in the committee as an administrative transfer requested by agencies; the transcript does not set an effective date or next procedural steps in committee.