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40 bills for “Contracts”.
Contracts; automatic renewal provisions; provide certain consumers a pro rata refund relative to a canceled service contract in the event of a price increase
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let consumers get a partial refund if a service contract that auto renews raises its price by 50 percent or more and they cancel late, starting with contracts made after December 31, 2026.
Contracts; termination of certain automatic renewal provisions; reduce applicable period
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would add new consumer protections for service contracts that automatically renew for a year or more if the renewal raises the price by 50 percent or more, requiring extra consumer sign-off before the renewal can be enforced.
State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; Board of Community Health from entering into, executing, or renewing a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager that owns or has an ownership interest in any retail pharmacy; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would bar the State Health Benefit Plan from contracting with pharmacy benefits managers that own retail pharmacies, starting July 1, 2026.
Education; public schools and public postsecondary institutions shall not accept funding from or enter into contracts with foreign adversaries; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate committee substitute for SB 181 would bar Georgia public schools, local school systems, and public colleges and universities from taking money from or signing contracts with designated foreign adversary governments or entities.
Administrative Service, Department of; prohibit a governmental entity from entering into contracts for the licensing of certain software applications
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would bar state agencies, counties, cities, school systems, and other government bodies from signing software license contracts that restrict which computer hardware they can run the software on.
Education; replace terms charter system and charter systems with performance contract system and performance contract systems
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would rename the term 'charter system' to 'performance contract system' throughout Title 20 of Georgia's education code, without changing how those school governance arrangements work.
Department of Administrative Services, companies owned or operated by Iran to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would bar companies owned or operated by the government of Iran from bidding on state contracts and would require all bidders to certify they are not such a company, with penalties for lying.
House Study Committee on Local Governmental Professional Contracting; create
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution would create a five-member study committee to examine how local governments hire architects and design teams for construction projects, with a report due by December 1, 2026.
House Study Committee on Georgia Department of Transportation Contracting; create
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House resolution would create a ten-member study committee to examine how the Georgia Department of Transportation handles highway construction contracts, including delays caused by utility relocation work.
Contracts; certain agreements involving parallel pricing coordination as unenforceable contracts in general restraint of trade with respect to residential rental properties; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would ban landlords from using shared pricing algorithms or agreements to coordinate rental prices on residential properties, making such deals unenforceable and subject to a $1,000 civil penalty per violation.
Contracts with Small Businesses; automatic renewal provisions; definitions; provide and revise
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 127 would extend Georgia's automatic renewal notification law to cover small businesses, not just individual consumers, when they sign service contracts that automatically renew.
House Study Committee on Noncompete Clauses in Physician Contracts; create
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution would create a study committee to examine noncompete clauses in physician contracts and their effect on patient care, reporting recommendations by December 2026.
Contracts; payment terms for business to business transactions; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require businesses to pay other businesses within 30 days of receiving completed work or services under a contract, and adds a new legal definition for business-to-business transactions.
Contracts; convenience fees for payment by electronic means; revise provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: Georgia House Bill 241 updates the state law on convenience fees that lenders and merchants can charge for electronic payments, capping the fee at either actual processing cost or $5, whichever is higher.
Georgia Building Authority, Garbutt Construction, SG Contracting, Balfour Beatty, and Nelson Architecture Engineers; commend
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate resolution formally commends the Georgia Building Authority and several construction and design firms for restoring and remodeling the historic Georgia Senate Chamber.
Contracts; increase dollar value of certain public works contracts exempt from provisions relating to retention of contractual payments
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 137 raises several dollar thresholds in Georgia law that trigger competitive bidding, in-state purchasing review, and payment retention rules for public construction and school contracts, generally from around $100,000 to $150,000 up to $250,000.
Quality Basic Education Act; award of low-wealth capital outlay grants to qualifying local school systems that award certain contracts for roofing improvements to suppliers that meet certain criteria; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let low-wealth school districts qualify for state roofing grants and skip normal competitive bidding rules when they hire a roofing supplier already approved through a state cooperative purchasing program.
State Board of Education; local school systems to maintain and publish a registry of all contracts worth more than $10,000.00; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would require every local school system to publish an online registry of contracts worth more than $10,000 that involve state funds, so the public can see how tax dollars are spent.
Insurance; health benefit plans, policies, or contracts executed by the state to cover medically necessary orthotic devices and prosthetic devices and their materials and components; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would require the State Health Benefit Plan, covering state employees, public school teachers, and University System of Georgia employees, to cover medically necessary orthotic and prosthetic devices starting in 2027.
Administrative Services, Department of; preferences in certain public works construction contracts to a contractor participating in a registered apprenticeship program; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House committee substitute for HB 613 would change Georgia's High-Demand Apprenticeship Program by requiring more public reporting and pushing back the program's repeal date from 2027 to 2030.
House Study Committee on Minority Business Enterprises, Women Owned Businesses, and Veteran Owned Businesses in State Contracting; create
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution would create a study committee to examine how minority owned, women owned, and veteran owned businesses can better access state contracting opportunities in Georgia.
High Demand Apprenticeship Program; opportunities for apprenticeship sponsors to enter into apprenticeship program contracts with State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 180 lets apprenticeship sponsors, not just employer sponsors, contract directly with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia for the High Demand Apprenticeship Program and collect completion awards.
Community Health, Department of; contracts with care management organizations for the provision of healthcare services for Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids recipients; establish requirements
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would set new rules for how the Department of Community Health selects and oversees the private care management organizations that run Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids coverage for members.
Local government; authorize certain long-term contracts for sale of electric power
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate substitute to HB 1027 would let Georgia counties, cities, and the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia sign longer contracts, up to 20 years, for electric power sold to very large industrial customers, with rules meant to keep those costs off regular ratepayers.
Newton County Public Facilities Authority; contracts and borrowing of funds; revise provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 237 would update the 2020 state law creating the Newton County Public Facilities Authority, changing how it can borrow money, issue bonds, and hand over its assets if it dissolves.
Innkeepers; expand liens to cover property removed from a room upon the termination of a guest's contract
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 183 would let Georgia innkeepers place a lien on a guest's property removed from a room after their stay ends, and would let sheriffs and other officers eject overstaying guests within five days.
Transportation, Department of; acquisition of certain professional services by counties and municipalities; revise contracting procedures
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 152 would require Georgia counties and municipalities to use the state's qualifications-based selection process when hiring architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, or interior designers on larger projects.
"The Data Center Transparency Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would bar counties, cities, and other local government bodies from signing nondisclosure agreements that hide how much electricity or water any entity, including data centers, uses.
Local Government and State Government; certain transactions between government entities and certain foreign persons; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would bar local governments and state agencies from buying or operating small drones made by companies tied to China or Russia, and would expand an existing ban on state contracts with Chinese-owned companies to also cover other countries the U.S. labels foreign adversaries.
Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: Georgia would set new rules for contractors who work on storm-damaged homes, banning insurance-proceeds assignment for a year after a disaster and requiring cancellation rights and disclosures for homeowners who sign repair contracts.
Administrative Services, Department of; post-employment restriction for state employees involved in state purchasing; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 727 would bar state employees who work on state purchasing contracts from taking a job with a vendor or contractor tied to those contracts for 12 months after leaving state employment.
Public Service Commission; costs incurred by an electric utility as a result of providing electric services to commercial data centers from being included in any rates; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate substitute for SB 34 would require electric utilities in Georgia to include specific consumer-protection terms in contracts with very large power customers, such as data centers, so their costs are not shifted onto residential customers.
Counties, Municipal Corporations; local governments and political subdivisions from entering into nondisclosure agreements regarding electricity usage or water usage of any entity; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would bar counties and municipalities from signing secrecy agreements about entities' electricity or water use, and would pause new sales tax exemption certificates for high-tech data centers for one year starting July 2026.
State, County, and Municipal Road Systems; contracting procedures related to the acquisition of certain professional services by counties and municipalities; revise
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would require counties and municipalities to select architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, and interior designers based on qualifications rather than just cost estimates, for larger projects, starting July 1, 2027.
Electric utilities; protect residential and retail electricity customers from costs associated with data center construction and operation; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1063 would require Georgia electric utilities to include customer-protection terms in contracts with large data centers, so residential and small business ratepayers do not absorb the costs of building power infrastructure for those facilities.
Dekalb County; Board of Education; recruitment, vetting, and appointment of and contracting with school system superintendent; establish protocols
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House bill would set detailed rules for how the DeKalb County Board of Education vets, background-checks, and contracts with the superintendent of the DeKalb County School System, including public posting of proposed contracts before a vote.
Income tax; term "small business"; revise definition
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would change how state tax law defines a 'small business,' setting a specific cap of 300 employees or $30 million in yearly revenue instead of relying on a separate code section's definition.
Woodbine, City of; mayor; revise powers
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House bill would change the City of Woodbine's charter to let the mayor vote on all council matters, give the mayor authority to appoint and supervise the city administrator, and adjust city contracting rules.
Georgia Small Business Set-Aside Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House committee substitute would require Georgia state agencies to set aside at least 20 percent of their annual procurement contracts for small businesses, with certification and reporting run through the Department of Administrative Services.
Carroll County; Board of Commissioners; chairperson and members; change annual salary
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 749 changes how the salaries of Carroll County's Board of Commissioners chairperson and members are calculated and raises the dollar threshold requiring commission approval for county contracts.