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The House Committee on Special Rules offers the following substitute to HR 119:
A RESOLUTION
Creating the Joint Study Committee on Social Media Platform Accountability; and for other1
purposes.2
WHEREAS, censorship of speech constitutes an increasingly common and concerning3
practice by social media platforms; and4
WHEREAS social media has an impact on youth health and self-esteem; and5
WHEREAS, social media platforms have mostly failed to adopt acceptable use policies; and6
WHEREAS, issues of transparency and disclosure of internal policies and rules by social7
media platforms merit public scrutiny; and8
WHEREAS, the public's recourse to improper and inequitable treatment by social media9
platforms is far from robust; and10
WHEREAS, state legislators shall review social media's impact on youth health and11
self-esteem as well as issues surrounding censorship of speech by social media platforms to12
determine whether legislation is in order.13 23 LC 46 0573S
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF14
GEORGIA:15
(1) Creation of joint study committee. There is created the Joint Study Committee on16
Social Media Platform Accountability.17
(2) Members and officers. The committee shall be composed of eight members as18
follows:19
(A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint four members of the20
House of Representatives as members of the committee and shall designate one such21
member as cochairperson; and22
(B) The President of the Senate shall appoint four members of the Senate as members23
of the committee and shall designate one such member as cochairperson.24
(3) Powers and duties. The committee shall undertake a study of the conditions, needs,25
issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any action or26
legislation which the committee deems necessary or appropriate.27
(4) Meetings. The cochairpersons shall call all meetings of the committee. The28
committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at such times as it may deem29
necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform30
its duties, and accomplish the objectives and purposes of this resolution.31
(5) Allowances, expenses, and funding.32
(A) The legislative members of the committee shall receive the allowances provided33
for in Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.34
(B) The allowances and expenses authorized by this resolution shall not be received35
by any member of the committee for more than five days unless additional days are36
authorized. Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come37
from funds appropriated to the House of Representatives and the Senate.38 23 LC 46 0573S
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(6) Report.39
(A) In the event the committee adopts any specific findings or recommendations that40
include suggestions for proposed legislation, the cochairpersons shall file a report of the41
same prior to the date of abolishment specified in this resolution, subject to42
subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.43
(B) In the event the committee adopts a report that does not include suggestions for44
proposed legislation, the cochairpersons shall file the report, subject to45
subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.46
(C) No report shall be filed unless the same has been approved prior to the date of47
abolishment specified in this resolution by majority vote of a quorum of the committee.48
A report so approved shall be signed by the cochairpersons of the committee and filed49
with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate.50
(D) In the absence of an approved report, the cochairpersons may file with the Clerk51
of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate copies of the minutes52
of the meetings of the committee in lieu thereof.53
(7) Abolishment. The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2023.54