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GA HB988: Georgia Technology Authority; annual inventory of artificial intelligence usage by state agencies; provide

Dead/Failed Georgia · 2023–2024 session

Last verified Oct 11, 2026 · official bill text

HB988 · where it stands

This bill did not become law (dead/failed) · last action Mar 20, 2024.

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Dead / vetoed
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In one paragraph

Georgia's HB 988 (2023-2024 session) passed the House on February 16, 2024 and was reported favorably in the Senate by substitute on March 20, 2024, but was never passed by the Senate and died when the session ended. The Senate committee substitute would have added a Homeland Security approved-list system for unmanned aircraft and, in a revised Code section 50-25-7.9, required the Georgia Technology Authority to inventory AI systems in use by agencies by December 31, 2024 and annually.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

None: the bill did not pass. Had it been enacted, the Georgia Technology Authority would have inventoried agency AI systems, and state and local governments could have bought only drones on the approved list.

Key provisions

  1. Senate substitute would require the Board of Homeland Security to develop a list of approved unmanned aircraft systems by December 1, 2024 and update it every six months
  2. Would bar state agencies and local governments from buying or contracting for unmanned aircraft systems not on the approved list
  3. Would require the Georgia Technology Authority, by December 31, 2024 and annually, to inventory systems that employ AI and are in use by any agency, including the system name and vendor and its capabilities and uses (captured text is truncated after this point)
  4. According to its title, would require annual reports of the inventory and let the authority develop and establish certain policies
  5. Passed the House February 16, 2024; last action Senate Read Second Time on March 20, 2024; dead

Latest legislative action

Mar 20, 2024. Senate Read Second Time

Sponsors (showing 5 of 7)

NameRoleDistrict
R Sponsor HD-135
R Sponsor HD-021
R Sponsor HD-112
R Sponsor SD-037
R Sponsor HD-011

Roll call votes

H Passage: House Vote #491 Feb 16, 2024

147 yea0 nay31 otherPassed

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Topics and industries

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Affected industries

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