SR 563: Georgia Secretary of State; request of the United States Department of Justice to securely produce Georgia's voter registration list; urge

This Senate resolution does not change any law. It formally urges Georgia's Secretary of State to fully comply with a request from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division for a complete copy of Georgia's voter registration list. The resolution says the Department made this request to check whether Georgia is meeting its list maintenance duties under the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1960. The resolution recounts that the Secretary of State has refused multiple requests for the full list, that the Department of Justice has sued him in federal court to force production, and that other states like Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee agreed to provide their lists while Georgia joined several other states and D.C. in refusing. It also references the Secretary's past refusals to appear before Senate committees. The resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies to the Secretary of State, the State Election Board, the President, the U.S. Attorney General, and the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

• Formally urges the Georgia Secretary of State to immediately and fully comply with the Department of Justice's request for the state's full voter registration list.
• States the Senate's position that compliance is required under the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the Secretary of State, the State Election Board, the President, the U.S. Attorney General, and the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
• Does not create any new law, penalty, or funding; it expresses the Senate's opinion and has no binding legal force.

The Georgia Secretary of State and his office, the Georgia State Election Board, and by extension Georgia voters whose registration data is at issue. It also references the U.S. Department of Justice, which has sued the Secretary in federal court over the same dispute.

The resolution puts the Georgia Senate on record supporting the federal request for voter roll data while a federal lawsuit over that same request is pending. It carries no legal requirement itself, but signals political pressure on the Secretary of State amid an ongoing court fight over access to voter data.

• The resolving clause urges the Secretary of State to comply with the Department of Justice's request to securely produce Georgia's voter registration list.
• The whereas clauses summarize NVRA and HAVA list-maintenance requirements and the Department of Justice's lawsuit against the Secretary.
• The final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to named state and federal officials.

1. 2026-02-02Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
2. 2026-02-02Senate Third Read (Senate)
3. 2026-02-02Senate Engrossed (Senate)
4. 2026-01-28Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
5. 2026-01-27Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
6. 2026-01-14Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
7. 2026-01-13Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Randy Robertson (R, SD-029)Primary sponsor
• Jason Anavitarte (R, SD-031)
• Matt Brass (R, SD-006)
• Timothy Bearden (R, SD-030)
• Sam Watson (R, SD-011)

1. PassedSenate voteFebruary 2, 2026

   31 yea, 21 nay (1 not voting, 1 absent)

   Motion To Engross: Senate Vote #507

2. PassedSenate voteFebruary 2, 2026

   31 yea, 22 nay (0 not voting, 1 absent)

   Adoption: Senate Vote #509

• voter registration
• election integrity
• Secretary of State
• federal lawsuit
• voter list maintenance