Georgia’s bill for the government’s veto is not the same as Doga. But Democrats are still upset

ATLANTA (AP)-Georgia’s session votes 33-21 on Monday to accept a bill to give legislators a veto on significant provisions imposed by the executive power, a move that makes it difficult for safety and environmental protection in other countries S

The bill is a priority of Lieutenant Gov Burt Jones, a Republican who was considering running for governor in 2026. Jones again on Monday likened the Elon Musk efforts to reduce the costs and regulation of the Federal Government, named the Ministry of Government. But some supporters have stepped back from the branding of the Dogas as Musk’s efforts have increased in recent weeks.

“This bill is in the spirit of Doge, but it is functionally very different,” said the sponsor of the bill, the Republican Senator Greg Dolezal of Kuming.

Democrats eager to oppose what is happening in Washington have said they worry that using this name can lead to contractions and shortening services from the kind musk, although the bill focuses on limiting the rules imposed by the rules imposed by State agencies. Legislators often adopt laws, but leave the agencies to take rules implementing the laws.

“The real question today is that we will admit abbreviations of the programs themselves, which thousands of Georgians in our country rely on the names of roles,” said Senate Kim Jackson, a stone mountain democrat.

The measure moves to the house for more debate.

Although Republicans control Georgia’s legislature and governor for more than 20 years, supporters of the Senate Bill 28 say that legislators should check the creation of rules from the executive rule. Dolezal said that the measure would give the legislators a “place on the table to ensure that the administrative state does not do things that are unwanted or that make things burdened for our citizens.”

But the opponents claim that the bill came from the anti -government animus.

“One person’s restraint is a proper process of another person,” says senator Josh McLurin, a Democrat from Sandy Springs. “And when you take an ax for all regulations, regardless of what it has in them, and you put political pressure on agencies that are not in that not a guest issued provisions that are in force, you may take away some of by the due process of their voters

A version of the bill calling for analysis of the impact of new laws on small business, adopted the Senate in 2024, but did not turn into a law. This year, the version goes further, saying that any rule that would have more than $ 1 million in economic impact in five years would be automatically stopped until legislators approve of it.

This $ 1 million ceiling works to less than 2 cents a year for all 10.7 million Georgians in five years.

Such measures restricting the adoption of expensive rules forced Kansas to refuse to attempt to update his Fire Safety Code last year. In Wisconsin, the law of the state has killed efforts to develop standards to limit PFAS chemicals in groundwater. Earlier in Wisconsin, the law also killed efforts to limit nitrate pollution in groundwater.

Bill Davis, a senior legal analyst of the Rivers Alliance of Wisconsin, said his country’s law, which is being applied when the cost of conformity is $ 10 million or more for two years, made the pistol agencies to offer even new rules S While government agencies have traditionally considered the costs and benefits of the new rules, Davis said the law ignored the projected benefits, forcing agencies to look at only their expenses.

“It really can, really close things,” Davis said in a phone interview on Monday.

Although Georgia’s measure will grab power from the executive, spokesman for Republican governor Brian Camp declined to comment on Monday.

Versions of the law adopted in Florida and Kansas, motivated by the legislative bodies of the Republican majority, who wanted to verify democratic governors. Wisconsin and Indiana have accepted versions of the bill, despite the Republicans controlling the legislative and governor service.

The measure, called provisions of the executive power, in need of a check or the Law on the Reuses, in Congress and other countries, is pushed throughout the country by Americans for prosperity and other conservative groups.

Georgia’s legislators can now object to the entry into force of the legislation, but Dolezal’s bill will allow a legislator to hold any rule with an impact of less than $ 1 million. This will also require agencies to review all existing rules every four years and to authorize public comments, unless they have reduced their number of rules by 10%during this time. In order to preserve the existing rules, agencies must go through the new adoption process, which means that any rule with new or continuing costs of compliance will be frozen in anticipation of legislative approval.