The Georgia Legislature this session, like every year, created a number of special study committees to gather information on various issues leading to possible legislation.
None of this year’s crop of special committees looks to have as major an impact as two panels from the 2014 session. A special joint transportation committee last summer held hearings across the state, resulting in a widely publicized report and the eventual transportation spending bill that Gov. Nathan Deal soon will sign. Another high-profile bill, allowing the medical use of cannabis oil, included information gathered by a special committee.
The special study committees formed during the recently completed session probably won’t cause such significant legislation next year. Some of the issues that the panels will tackle appear to have narrow interest, but undoubtedly have significance to those affected. As happens every year, some of the committees have joint House-Senate membership, while others are limited to members of one chamber or the other.
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