Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia SB386: General Assembly; daily expense allowances for days of session where a call of the roll is not conducted; prohibit the payment
Status: In committee, January 13, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly, so as to prohibit the payment of daily expense allowances for days of session where a call of the roll is not conducted; to require that members be present for the call of the roll and for all votes during a day of session in order to receive daily expense allowances; to remove an obsolete provision; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly, so as to prohibit the payment of daily expense allowances for days of session where a call of the roll is not conducted; to require that members be present for the call of the roll and for all votes during a day of session in order to receive daily expense allowances; to remove an obsolete provision; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly, so as to prohibit the payment of daily expense allowances for days of session where a call of the roll is not conducted; to require that members be present for the call of the roll and for all votes during a day of session in order to receive daily expense allowances; to remove an obsolete provision; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly, is amended in Code Section 28-1-8, relating to salary and allowances of members and officers, by revising paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and subsections (f), (g), and (h) as follows: "(b)(1) During regular and extraordinary sessions of the General Assembly, each member shall also receive a daily expense allowance; provided, however, that, if a house of the General Assembly suspends or otherwise does not conduct a call of the roll on a day of session for the purpose of determining which members are present, no member of that house of the General Assembly shall receive a daily expense allowance for that …
Sponsors
- Moore, Colton (R, 53) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Senate Read and Referred
- : Senate Hopper
Common questions
- What is SB386?
- SB386 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): General Assembly; daily expense allowances for days of session where a call of the roll is not conducted; prohibit the payment.
- What does SB386 do?
- In its own words: To amend Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly, so as to prohibit the payment of daily expense allowances for days of session where a call of the roll is not conducted; to require that members be present for the call of the roll and for all votes during a day of session in order to receive daily expense allowances; to remove an obsolete provision; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- What is the status of SB386?
- In committee as of January 13, 2026. Latest action: Senate Read and Referred (January 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB386?
- Moore, Colton (R, 53).
- Where is the official record for SB386?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72169
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