Bill
HR 754
Creates a temporary House study committee to assess street lighting on state routes, identify gaps, and recommend actions or legislation; sunset Dec 1, 2025.
Status and key dates
- Bill type: House resolution (study committee)
- Introduced: January 28, 2025
- Committee abolishment (sunset) date: December 1, 2025
- Sponsors/cosponsors (selected): Judy Chu (primary), Arlene Beckles (primary), Billy Mitchell (primary), Al Williams (primary); cosponsors LaMonica McIver, Andrew R. Garbarino, Maggie Goodlander, Brad Finstad
- Related bill: S. 2223 (companion)
- Procedural notes (as provided): Considered and passed in the House (voice vote under suspension of the rules, Feb 24, 2025); received in the Senate and referred to committee (Feb 25, 2025). Additional entries record subsequent House actions through April 2025 (reported/enrolled/adopted).
Purpose and intent
- Establish a temporary legislative study committee to assess street lighting conditions along state routes and to develop recommendations (including possible legislation or administrative changes) to improve safety, maintenance, reporting, and funding/jurisdictional coordination.
Key provisions
- Creation: Establishes the "House Study Committee on Street Lighting Along State Routes."
- Membership and leadership: Five members of the House, appointed by the Speaker; the Speaker designates the chair.
- Scope of study: Examine conditions, needs, and problems related to street lighting along state routes, including:
- Nonfunctional, outdated, or missing lights
- Repair backlogs, optimized light placement, and maintenance response times
- Funding and jurisdictional issues involving local governments, utility providers, and the Department of Transportation
- Mechanisms for ongoing tracking/reporting so citizens and officials can notify the responsible state agency
- Powers and duties: Undertake the study and recommend actions or legislation deemed necessary or appropriate.
- Meetings: Called by the chair; may meet at times/places necessary to fulfill duties.
- Allowances and funding: Legislative members receive allowances under O.C.G.A. §28‑1‑8; allowances not payable for more than five days unless additional days are authorized. Committee expenses are funded from appropriations to the House.
- Reporting: If the committee adopts findings or legislative recommendations, the chair must file a report (or, absent an approved report, file meeting minutes) with the Clerk of the House prior to abolishment.
- Sunset: Committee is abolished December 1, 2025.
Who would be affected
- State-level entities: Departments of Transportation and other state agencies with roadway responsibility.
- Local governments and utility providers: Entities responsible for installation, ownership, and maintenance of street lighting.
- Road users and residents: Motorists, pedestrians, and communities along state routes who may benefit from improved lighting, safety, and faster repairs.
- Legislature: Potential follow-on legislation or budget requests informed by the committee’s recommendations.
Impact and limitations
- H.R. 754 establishes a short-term fact-finding body; it does not itself authorize substantive policy changes or permanent funding beyond member allowances and use of House-appropriated funds to support the committee.
- The committee’s influence depends on the content of its final report and any subsequent legislative or administrative actions taken in response.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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