DAILY REPORT Monday February 24, 2025 House Budget & Research Office (404) 656-5050 22nd Legislative Day The House will reconvene for its 23rd Legislative Day on Wednesday, February 26 at 10:00 a.m. The Rules Committee will meet at 9:00 a.m. One bill / resolution is expected to be debated on the floor. Today on the Floor Rules Calendar HB 34 Professional licensing boards; continuing education tracking solution to monitor compliance of licenses with applicable continuing education requirements; establish Bill Summary: HB 34 requires the Office of the Secretary of State to institute a unified system for tracking the continuing education credits completed by licensees of the various boards under the secretary of state's purview. Beginning on January 1, 2026, a professional licensing board will not renew a license until the applicant has complied with all applicable continuing education requirements. Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote: Rep. Dale Washburn (144th) Regulated Industries Yeas: 171 Nays: 2 Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments: Modified-Structured 02-10-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute HB 78 Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; total percentage of funds invested in alternative investments; raise limit Bill Summary: HB 78 allows the Firefighters Pension Fund to invest up to 20 percent of assets in alternative investments. The bill allows the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) of Georgia to invest up to 10 percent of assets in alternative investments. Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote: Rep. Lehman Franklin (160th) Retirement Yeas: 161 Nays: 9 Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments: Modified-Structured 02-18-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute HB 124 Insurance; require coverage for healthcare services for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders; provisions Bill Summary: HB 124 requires that all health benefit policies administered by the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) in Georgia provide coverage for healthcare services related to Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). Coverage must align with nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines and apply to diagnosis, treatment, management, and monitoring of these conditions. The bill prohibits special deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments beyond those generally applicable to other covered healthcare services. Authored By: Rep. Mitchell Scoggins (14th) Rule Applied: Modified-Structured House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Today on the Floor House Committee: Floor Vote: Insurance Yeas: 173 Nays: 0 Committee Action: Amendments: 02-06-2025 Do Pass HB 136 Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit Bill Summary: HB 136 amends O.C.G.A. 48-7-29.24, relating to tax credits for contributions to foster child support organizations, to expand qualified expenditures for the credit to include wraparound services for aging foster children and justice involved youth who meet one of the following criteria: are enrolled in a public or private postsecondary education institution; enrolled in a program to obtain a high school diploma or equivalent; enrolled in a vocation school; or participating in a registered and compliant apprenticeship program. The bill adds to the definition of "aging foster children" former foster children between 16 and 25 years old who were in foster care for at least six months after the age of 14. HB 136 defines "justice involved youth" as those between the ages of 18 and 25 who are currently or previously committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice and were placed, or are currently placed, in a nonsecure facility or community setting. The bill includes mentorship services provided to justice involved youth as a qualified expense, and limits the amount of contributions that can be used for expenses other than qualified expenses to no more than 10 percent. The annual compensation threshold to receive the credit is increased from $500 to $1,200 per year, and payments made to employees of a qualified mentorship organization that provide services other than mentorship are a qualified expense. Corporations contributing under this program are limited to credits totaling no more than 30 percent of the entity's income tax liability. The bill further adds business enterprises, defined as an insurance company required to pay the tax provided for in O.C.G.A. 33-8-4, to be eligible for the credit for qualified expenditures related to wraparound services. The bill raises the aggregate cap for credits under this program from $20 million to $30 million, and eliminates the ability to carry forward any unused tax credit. The bill allows for the Division of Family and Children Services to decertify an organization that does not meet program requirements or has violated any other law. An organization seeking to be certified, but isn't a licensed child-placing agency, must demonstrate it has operated an aging out program, and provided services to at least 50 aging foster children or justice involved youth over the course of at least two calendar years. After receiving certification, the organization must annually demonstrate that it is continually providing these services. The bill adds that each qualified organization is required to post on its website a certification, signed by the organization's chief executive officer, that contains language provided for in the bill, to include a description of how qualified contributions were utilized. The bill is effective on July 1, 2025 and applicable to all taxable years beginning on January 1, 2026. Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote: Rep. Mark Newton (127th) Ways & Means Yeas: 170 Nays: 2 Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments: Structured 02-19-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute HB 153 Sales and use tax; maintenance and replacement parts for certain machinery used to mix or transport concrete; extend exemption sunset date Bill Summary: HB 153 amends O.C.G.A. 48-8-3.2, relating to sales and use tax exemptions for certain manufacturing equipment, by extending the sunset date for an exemption on maintenance and replacement parts of machinery or equipment used with mixed concrete from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2031. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Beth Camp (135th) Ways & Means Rule Applied: Committee Action: Structured 02-19-2025 Do Pass Page 2 of 12 House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Today on the Floor Floor Vote: Yeas: 168 Nays: 3 Amendments: HB 164 Highways, bridges, and ferries; allowable variance for weight limitations upon a vehicle or load; repeal automatic repeal provisions Bill Summary: HB 164 repeals the sunset on the allowable 10 percent variance on weight limitations upon a vehicle or load hauling certain commodities within certain areas of the state. The legislation allows for enforcement of dimensions and weight of vehicles by local law enforcement officers trained to do so. The bill requires that any violation found during enforcement of weight and load provisions related to licensing or fuel tax registration and identification requirements be reported to the Georgia Department of Revenue by the officer or employee observing the violation. Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote: Rep. Steven Meeks (178th) Transportation Yeas: 164 Nays: 9 Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments: Modified-Structured 02-20-2025 Do Pass HB 182 Life insurance; excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; prohibit Bill Summary: HB 182 prohibits group life insurance policies in Georgia from excluding or restricting liability for the death of an insured individual who is an active-duty service member, unless the death is directly or indirectly caused by war or a related act or hazard. Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote: Rep. Eddie Lumsden (12th) Insurance Yeas: 171 Nays: 0 Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments: Modified-Structured 02-06-2025 Do Pass HB 232 Interstate Massage Compact Act; enact Bill Summary: HB 232 enters Georgia into the Interstate Massage Compact. The Georgia Board of Massage Therapy will administer the compact, which will become effective upon passage by the seventh member state and allows those who are licensed in a member state to practice in other member states. Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote: Rep. Deborah Silcox (53rd) Regulated Industries Yeas: 165 Nays: 5 Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments: Modified-Structured 02-10-2025 Do Pass HB 287 Environmental Protection Division; Environmental Advisory Council; update reference date to standards, rules, and regulations Bill Summary: HB 287 updates multiple sunset dates and authorizes the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to issue free courtesy hunting or fishing licenses to paralyzed or disabled individuals participating in approved organized events. The bill also introduces a new fee structure for resident shellfish crew licenses. It creates two categories: one for up to 10 harvesters at an annual fee of $200, and another for unlimited harvesters at an annual fee of $400. Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote: Rep. Trey Rhodes (124th) Game, Fish, & Parks Yeas: 171 Nays: 0 Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments: Modified-Structured 02-18-2025 Do Pass HB 352 Georgia Gestational Diabetes Management Act; enact Bill Summary: HB 352, also known as the 'Georgia Gestational Diabetes Management Act', includes patients with gestational diabetes on the list of those eligible for Medicaid covered Page 3 of 12 House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Today on the Floor SR 7 continuous glucose monitors. The bill also removes the eligibility requirement for daily insulin administration. Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote: Rep. Devan Seabaugh (34th) Public and Community Health Yeas: 169 Nays: 2 Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments: Modified-Structured 02-18-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute State Highway System; dedicate certain portions Bill Summary: SR 7 is a Senate road dedication package held over from the 2024 Regular Session. Dedicating the portion of State Route 145 from Athens Street to Hubbard Road in Franklin County as the Dr. Robert F. Sullivan Memorial Highway; dedicating the bridge on State Route 133 over Dry Creek in Worth County as the Lary Jack Moree Memorial Bridge; dedicating the intersection of U.S. 41 at Pine Mountain Court/Watts Drive in Cobb County, Ga., as the "Coach" Jerry L. Waller, Sr. and Frances R. Waller Memorial Intersection; dedicating the intersection of State Route 9 and Deputy Bill Cantrell Memorial Road in Forsyth County as the Dr. Jim Morrow Memorial Intersection; dedicating the intersection of State Route 154/Memorial Drive and Capitol Avenue Southeast in Fulton County as the J.D. Winston Memorial Intersection; dedicating the intersection of State Route 400 and Setting Down Circle in Forsyth County as the Lawhorne Memorial Intersection; dedicating the intersection of U.S. Route 19/State Route 3 at State Route 96 in Taylor County as the Michael Anthony Woodall Memorial Intersection; dedicating the bridge on State Route 49 over Sweetwater Creek in Sumter County as the George R. Eusner Memorial Bridge; dedicating the bridge on State Route 94 over the Alapaha River in Echols County as the US Army Cpl. Dewey E. Rewis Jr. Memorial Bridge; dedicating the portion of State Route 204 from mile point 21.5 to 27.7 in Chatham County as the Chairman Pete Liakakis Memorial Highway; dedicating the interchange at State Route 25/U.S. Route 17 and State Route 204 in Chatham County as the Frances Bright Johnson Memorial Interchange; dedicating the interchange of State Route 405 and State Route 204 in Chatham County as the Rev. Dr. Hosea Williams and Rep. Juanita T. Williams Memorial Interchange; dedicating the portion of State Route 369 from Gravitt Road to State Route 400 in Forsyth County as the Bobby Thomas Highway; dedicating the intersection of State Route 53 and Steve Tate Highway in Pickens County as the Jeff Downing Intersection; dedicating the intersection of State Route 139 and Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive Southwest in Fulton County as the Maceo A. Brown Memorial Intersection; dedicating the intersection of State Route 3 and State Route 9 in Fulton County as the Carolyn Long Banks Memorial Intersection; Page 4 of 12 House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Today on the Floor dedicating the intersection of State Route 316 and State Route 53 in Barrow County as the Douglas "Doug" H. Garrison Memorial Interchange; dedicating the intersection of State Route 112 and Abney Road/Willis-Howell Road in Bleckley County as the Ricky Dykes Intersection; dedicating the overpass of U.S. Route 23/State Route 87 Bypass over Southern Railroad in Bleckley County as the Van Dykes Railway Overpass; dedicating the bridge on State Route 54 over Whitewater Creek in Fayette County as the Colonel Ben Malcom Memorial Bridge; dedicating the bridge on State Route 341 over Chattanooga Creek in Walker County as the Cameron Scroggins Memorial Bridge; dedicating the interchange of U.S. Route 80 and Harry Truman Parkway in Chatham County as the Representative Edward "Mickey" Stephens Memorial Interchange; dedicating the intersection of State Route 61 and State Route 8/U.S. Route 78 in Carroll County as the J. Richard Smith Memorial Intersection; dedicating the roundabout of State Route 36 and State Route 212 in Newton County as the LTC Benjamin Fred and Sandra Kitchens Christian Roundabout; dedicating the roundabout of State Route 219 and Bradley Park Drive in Muscogee County as the Medal of Honor Recipient Colonel Ralph Puckett, Jr. Roundabout; dedicating the intersection of U.S. Route 27/Turner McCall Boulevard and Avenue A in Floyd County as the C. Max Toles Intersection; and dedicating the intersection of State Route 81 at Ozora Church Road in Walton County as the Ashley MacDonald Callahan Memorial Intersection. Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote: Sen. Greg Dolezal (27th) Transportation Yeas: 174 Nays: 0 Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments: Modified-Open 02-20-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute Postponed Until Next Legislative Day HR 32 General Assembly; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property - CA Bill Summary: HR 32 amends the Georgia Constitution to increase the maximum acreage allowable as bona fide conservation use property from 2,000 to 4,000 acres. Authored By: Rep. Chuck Efstration (104th) Rule Applied: Structured Page 5 of 12 House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Committee Actions Committee Actions Bills passing committees are reported to the Clerk's Office and are placed on the General Calendar. Creative Arts & Entertainment Committee HB 475 Income tax credit; film, gaming, or digital production; revise a definition Bill Summary: HB 475 refines Georgia's film tax credit program by further specifying the "qualified production activities" that are eligible for tax incentives. The bill also authorizes the Department of Economic Development to charge fees associated with the project certification process. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Matthew Gambill (15th) Creative Arts & Entertainment Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass Education Committee HB 198 Education; use of school facilities by certain youth groups; provide Bill Summary: HB 198 amends O.C.G.A. 20-2-12, which provides for the use of school facilities by certain youth groups. The bill encourages schools to facilitate access for students to participate in activities provided by a patriotic society for the purpose of encouraging civic education. Each school principal that uses state funds to implement programs pursuant to this chapter will not prohibit the use of school facilities to a patriotic society. When a school principal denies access to a patriotic society, such school principal will provide in writing reasons for the denial to a requesting entity. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Johnny Chastain (7th) Education Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute HB 307 Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions Bill Summary: HB 307 amends O.C.G.A. 20-1-153, known as the 'Georgia Early Literacy and Dyslexia Act', to include provisions for students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia to align instruction with the science of reading principals. The bill prevents using three-cueing instruction as the primary means of providing literacy instruction. This Code section creates the Georgia Literacy Coach Coordination Council, which will support coordination of state literacy efforts to ensure training is standardized across the state. The bill repeals O.C.G.A. 20-2-159.6, relating to screening for dyslexia and related disorders, and joins the dyslexia Code section with the literacy act. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Bethany Ballard (147th) Education Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute HB 340 Distraction-Free Education Act; enact Bill Summary: HB 340 amends O.C.G.A. 20-2-324.8, to enact the 'Distraction-Free Education Act'. The bill requires local school systems and public schools to enact policies and procedures for use of personal electronic devices at school and school-sponsored events by students in kindergarten through eighth grade by July 1, 2026. The bill provides for permissible student use of personal electronic devices, school electronic devices, Page 6 of 12 House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Committee Actions and authorizes the Department of Education to provide guidance and technical assistance. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Scott Hilton (48th) Education Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute Health Committee HB 54 Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize Bill Summary: HB 54 authorizes a licensed physician assistant to order home health care under the supervision of a licensed physician. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. David Clark (100th) Health Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute HB 87 Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for medically necessary orthotic and prosthetic devices and their materials and components Bill Summary: HB 87 states all benefits policies renewed on or after January 1, 2026 will include coverage for orthotic devices and prosthetic devices that are medically necessary for the following: activities of daily living, essential job-related activities, personal hygiene-related activities, and physical activities. Coverage will be provided for no more than three orthotic devices or prosthetic devices per affected limb per covered person during any three-year period. Coverage considered as habilitative or rehabilitative benefits will be comparable to coverage for other medical and surgical benefits, may be subject to the same cost-sharing requirements that apply to other medical devices, and may be limited for out-of-network providers. The bill requires the commissioner to submit a report to the House Committee on Insurance and the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee regarding the implementation of coverage by July 1, 2032. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. David Clark (100th) Health Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute HB 298 Health; requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals; provide Bill Summary: HB 298 requires the governing body of a hospital to adopt and implement a written nurse services staffing plan that is recommended by the hospital's nurse staffing committee. The nurse staffing committee is to be composed of members who represent all types of nursing services provided by the hospital, including the chief nursing officer. The bill creates an advisory commission to evaluate the effectiveness of the nurse staffing committees, which will be composed of nine members as follows: three governor appointees, three appointees by the president of the Senate, and three appointees by the speaker of the House of Representatives. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Trey Kelley (16th) Health Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute HB 323 Bridging the Gap for ALS and Chronic Kidney Disease Act of 2025; enact Bill Summary: HB 323 allows for Medicare policies to be issued and renewed for individuals under 65 years of age who are eligible due to disability or end stage renal disease. Authored By: Rep. Karen Mathiak (82nd) Page 7 of 12 House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Committee Actions House Committee: Health Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass HB 428 Health; codify right to in vitro fertilization for individuals Bill Summary: HB 428 codifies an individual's right to in vitro fertilization. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Lehman Franklin (160th) Health Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass Judiciary Committee HB 183 Innkeepers; expand liens to cover property removed from a room upon the termination of a guest's contract Bill Summary: HB 183 allows an innkeeper at the end of a guest's agreed upon time period to restrain the guest from entering the room and the guest's property to be subject to the innkeeper's lien, with the guest able to recover their property upon payment of all sums due. A person on the premises upon the expiration of the time period or whose occupancy has been terminated will be subject to ejection from the premises. The local sheriff, sheriff deputy, constable, or marshal, upon receiving an affidavit from the innkeeper or their agent that the guest's occupancy has expired or has been terminated, will eject the person within five days of receipt. If that local officer is unable to eject the guest within that time period, the innkeeper will be entitled to use an off-duty official to eject the person. An innkeeper-guest relationship will be presumed to exist when an innkeeper furnishes accommodations on a day-to-day or week-to-week basis, regardless of the guest's length of stay. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Devan Seabaugh (34th) Judiciary Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Tabled HB 358 Agriculture; prohibiting acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; provide for a definition Bill Summary: HB 358 defines "military installation" for purposes of prohibiting land possession by certain foreign persons or entities as a facility owned and operated by a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations for those branches. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Vance Smith (138th) Judiciary Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass HB 515 Augusta Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a sixth judge Bill Summary: HB 515 increases the number of superior court judges in the Augusta Judicial Circuit from five to six. The additional judge will be appointed for a term beginning January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028, with their successor elected at the 2028 nonpartisan judicial election. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Mark Newton (127th) Judiciary Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass Page 8 of 12 House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Committee Actions Public and Community Health Committee HB 89 Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records Bill Summary: HB 89 authorizes the release of psychiatric records of a deceased person who is the subject of a maternal death review to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee. The bill also creates the Regional Perinatal Center Advisory Committee that will advise on the adequacy of regional perinatal centers in the state. The adequacy assessment will consider various factors such as patient safety, interfacility coordination, evaluation of high-risk pregnancies and deliveries, and transportation adequacy. The committee will be made up of 11 to 21 four-year term members appointed by the commissioner of the Department of Public Health. Any approved changes to the regional perinatal centers will require a budget request submission to the Office of Planning and Budget and the General Assembly. Any facility seeking to become a regional perinatal center will need to share their readiness and plan with the Department of Public Health. The department will submit a plan with funding considerations to the speaker of the House of Representatives, president of the Senate, and governor every four years beginning July 1, 2026. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Sharon Cooper (45th) Public and Community Health Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute HB 500 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act; increase access to and amount of benefits Bill Summary: HB 500 extends the lifetime maximum cash assistance available through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program from 48 months to 60 months, and increases the monthly benefit amount to 40 percent of the federal poverty guidelines effective July 1, 2025. The bill increases the resource limit of an applicant to $5,000, excluding the value of a vehicle if it is used for activities related to work, training, or education. If there is an additional vehicle not used for these purposes, a maximum $4,650 exclusion is applied. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Tyler Smith (18th) Public and Community Health Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute Regulated Industries Committee HB 219 Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize Bill Summary: HB 219 authorizes both the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists, and the Georgia Board of Nursing, to establish a professional health program to monitor and provide rehabilitation services to impaired healthcare professionals. A healthcare professional who participates in this program will be required to pay the costs associated with the program. Any company or entity that contracts with one of the boards to administer the program is immune from any civil or criminal liability incurred through its operation of the program. Both sections of the bill are contingent upon appropriation by the General Assembly, although both boards are permitted to accept and solicit private funding or public grants. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Ron Stephens (164th) Regulated Industries Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass Page 9 of 12 House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Committee Actions HB 314 Professions and businesses; athletic trainers; revise and update definitions Bill Summary: HB 314 revises the definition of an "athletic injury", regarding athletic trainers, to be a condition sustained as a result of a person's participation in activities requiring physical strength, agility, flexibility, range of motion, speed, or stamina, regardless of where or how the injury occurred. The bill also clarifies that an athletic training student can conduct certain duties while under the direct supervision of a physician or licensed athletic trainer, so long as the athletic trainer or physician is physically present in the facility where the athletic training student is operating. Further, the bill revises the certifying organization that allows the Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers to grant a license to the Board of Certification for the athletic trainer. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. John LaHood (175th) Regulated Industries Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass by Committee Substitute HB 391 Professions and businesses; certain boxing, wrestling, and martial art associations and federations; change certain provisions Bill Summary: HB 391 removes several sports organizations from amateur status and allows for the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission to regulate those organizations, including those involved with kick boxing, karate, and sports combat. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Brent Cox (28th) Regulated Industries Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass HB 455 Bingo; properties used for games; limit number of sessions; provisions Bill Summary: HB 455 allows applicants to conduct bingo games at multiple locations and clarifies that these games can be played on property leased by the non-profit, tax-exempt organization and which can be used for purposes other than the operation of a bingo game. Further, the bill allows a licensee to operate 31 bingo sessions per month and to award a maximum of $6,000 in cash or gifts of equivalent value. The maximum amount that can be paid to individuals assisting in the operation of bingo games is increased to $150 per session. Authored By: House Committee: Rep. Alan Powell (33rd) Regulated Industries Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass SB 81 Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices; protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales; provide Bill Summary: SB 81 extends requirements regarding consumer data in motor vehicles to affiliates of a franchisor, manufacturer, or distributor. The bill also makes it a crime for a third party to access, share, sell, copy, or use certain protected dealer data from a motor vehicle. In addition, it prohibits a third party from including any limitation on a dealer's ability to protect, store, copy, share, or use any protected dealer data or to permit access to protected dealer data without prior, express, and written consent by the dealer. Vendors of dealer data systems are required to adopt a standardized integration framework for "over-the-air" systems, and additional protections are provided for dealers with regard to accessing data from manufacturers, franchisors, distributors, or their affiliates. Every franchisor, manufacturer, or distributor must provide compensations to dealers for any assistance provided to a buyer or lessee whose vehicle required a change, repair, or update by remote means. The bill also defines "new motor vehicle dealer" to include when a dealership offers motor vehicles for sale at the location, and requires those locations to provide maintenance to customers. Authored By: House Committee: Sen. Matt Brass (6th) Regulated Industries Committee Action: 02-24-2025 Do Pass Page 10 of 12 House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Committee Meetings Committee Meeting Schedule This meeting schedule is up to date at the time of this report, but meeting dates and times are subject to change. To keep up with the latest schedule, please visit www.legis.ga.gov to view all upcoming events. Tuesday - February 25, 2025 02/25/2025 8:00 AM MOTOR VEHICLES (House) 606 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 8:00 AM HIGHER EDUCATION (House) 406 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 8:30 AM SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (House) 506 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 9:00 AM Appropriations Subcommittee on Judicial (House) 403 CAP Video Agenda 02/25/2025 9:00 AM RULES (House) 341 CAP Video Agenda 02/25/2025 9:00 AM AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS 606 CLOB Video Agenda (House) 02/25/2025 9:30 AM CANCELED: TRANSPORTATION (House) 406 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 9:30 AM JUDICIARY (Upon Adjournment of Rules) (House) 132 CAP Video Agenda 02/25/2025 10:00 AM Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (House) 606 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 10:00 AM REGULATED INDUSTRIES (House) 515 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 11:00 AM STATE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (House) 506 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 11:00 AM BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS (House) 406 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 11:00 AM STATE PROPERTIES (House) 415 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 1:00 PM Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on State and 415 CLOB Video Agenda Local Government (House) 02/25/2025 1:00 PM INSURANCE (House) 406 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 1:00 PM Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Tax (House) 515 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 1:00 PM CANCELED: JUDICIARY JUVENILE (House) 506 CLOB Video Agenda 02/25/2025 1:00 PM INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION (House) 341 CAP Video Agenda 02/25/2025 1:30 PM Hong Subcommittee of Judiciary Non-Civil (House) 132 CAP Video Agenda 02/25/2025 1:30 PM Ways and Means Subcommittee on Ad Valorem (Upon Adjournment of Income Tax) (House) 515 CLOB Video Page 11 of 12 House of Representatives Daily Report for February 24, 2025 Committee Meetings 02/25/2025 2:00 PM 02/25/2025 3:00 PM 02/25/2025 3:00 PM 02/25/2025 3:00 PM Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Elections 415 CLOB Video (House) ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (House) 403 CAP Video GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS (House) 506 CLOB Video RETIREMENT (House) 406 CLOB Video Agenda Agenda Agenda Page 12 of 12