Judiciary 2.18.26

Judiciary Committee · February 18, 2026

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Opening prayer and call to order

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Chairman Smith opened the meeting and called it to order; an unidentified speaker (prayer) offered an invocation asking for guidance in the proceedings.

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Committee heard seven bills including updates to court reporting, creation/expansion of a Georgia business court, a proposal to share longitudinal criminal-justice data with researchers (held for further work), an HOA opt-in change, raising magistrate court limits to $25,000, a wrongful-death tolling technical fix, and an increase/indexing of bankruptcy homestead exemptions.

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