HR 885 Georgia House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Study Committee on Election Procedures; create

HR 885 creates a House Study Committee on Election Procedures to examine Georgia's election laws and processes. The committee, appointed by the House Speaker and chaired by the Governmental Affairs Committee chair, will study current election procedures - particularly outdated provisions unchanged since 1964 - and recommend potential legislative changes. It has a sunset date of December 1, 2025, and must file a final report approved by a committee majority before that date. This resolution does not change election laws itself but establishes a process for evaluating them.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 31, 2025 Last action Apr 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC 47 3710/a LC 57 0290S/rcs · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a House Resolution to a substitute offered by the Rules Committee, with one substantive change to the committee's funding duration. The most significant policy change is that committee members can now receive allowances for up to three days instead of five days before needing additional authorization.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains unchanged; it still creates a House Study Committee on Election Procedures to study electoral issues and recommend actions.
FISCAL

The maximum number of days committee members can receive allowances without additional authorization was reduced from five days to three days.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a House Resolution to a substitute bill offered by the Rules Committee, changing the procedural context but not the substantive policy.

Floor votes · House Apr 4, 2025

How they voted

1500
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 159
Apr 4, 2025
D Democratic67
63 Yea 4
94% Yea
R Republican92
87 Yea 5
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Apr 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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