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28 bills for “Adjournment”.
Adjournment; relative to
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate resolution sets the meeting and adjournment schedule for the 2026 special session of the Georgia General Assembly and lets legislative leaders reconvene elsewhere if an emergency makes meeting at the Capitol impossible.
… In adjournment Saturday, June 20, 2026 .............................................Special Session Day 3 Sunday, June 21, 2026 ................................................... In adjournment Monday, June 22, 2026 .............................................Special Session Day 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED …
General Assembly Meetings and Adjournments; relative
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Resolution 6 sets the official calendar of meeting days for the Georgia General Assembly's 2025 regular session, running from January 13 to the scheduled adjournment on April 4, and outlines how sessions could be relocated in an emergency.
… The hours for convening and adjourning the House of Representatives for each legislative day may be as ordered by the House; and the hours for convening and adjourning …
Adjournment; relative to
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Resolution 998 sets the day-by-day meeting schedule for the Georgia General Assembly's 2026 regular session, running from January 12 through the Sine Die adjournment on April 2.
… The hours for convening and adjourning the House of Representatives for each legislative day may be as ordered by the House; and the hours for convening and adjourning …
General Assembly; extend regular legislative sessions to a maximum of 90 legislative days - CA
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution would ask voters to amend the state Constitution to more than double the length of the General Assembly's regular legislative session, from 40 to 90 legislative days per year.
… By concurrent resolution, the General Assembly may adjourn any regular session to such later date as it may fix for reconvening. Separate periods of adjournment may be fixed …
Senate Rules; adopt
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate resolution adopts the Georgia Senate's regular-session rules for the 2026 special session, with amendments that shorten deadlines, debate times, and committee timelines to fit a short special session.
… BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the Rules of the Georgia Senate in effect at the adjournment of the 2026 regular session of the General Assembly are …
Senate Officials, Employees, and Committees; relative
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Resolution 4 sets the internal staffing, pay, and expense rules for the Georgia Senate for the 2025-2026 legislative biennium, covering Senate employees, leadership salaries, and interim committee allowances.
… During any day or period of time during which the General Assembly is not in session, including without limitation any day or period of adjournment during a regular …
House of Representatives; relative to officials, employees, and committees
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Resolution 2 sets internal rules for the Georgia House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 legislative term, covering staffing authority, leadership pay, and expense allowances for members and committees.
… During any day or period of time during which the General Assembly is not in session, including without limitation any day or period of adjournment during a regular …
Senate Special Committee on Investigations; reauthorizing
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate resolution reauthorizes the Senate Special Committee on Investigations, which was created to look into misconduct allegations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, and gives it power to subpoena witnesses and records.
… convenient, including at any time during the interim period occurring following the Senate adjourning sine die, to enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its …
Education; public comment periods during meetings of local boards of education; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 989 would require every local school board in Georgia to hold a public comment period at its monthly meetings and record or broadcast it the same way as the rest of the meeting.
… 2-58, relating to regular monthly meeting of local boards with public comment, adjournment, temporary presiding officer, notice of date, template for financial review, and open meetings, as …
Elections; removal of certain members of State Election Board; revise procedures
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House remove their chamber's appointed member of the State Election Board when the General Assembly is not in session, expanding current removal powers.
… house of the General Assembly shall take office on the day following the adjournment of the regular session in which elected and shall serve for a term of …
Senate Rules; adopt
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Resolution 3 adopts the Georgia Senate's operating rules for the 2025-2026 legislative term, carrying over the prior rules with a set of amendments covering staff office names, interim committees, floor conduct, and lobbyist restrictions.
… BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the Rules of the Senate in effect at the adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly are hereby …
Juvenile Code; recording of all proceedings under the juvenile code; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 525 would require Georgia's juvenile courts to record every proceeding under the juvenile code and would give parties and the Department of Human Services a guaranteed right to obtain the full record without a court order.
… Any hearing may be adjourned from time to time within the discretion of the court. (b) Except as otherwise provided, all hearings shall be conducted in accordance with …
Arcade, Town of; municipality; clarify name
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would rename the Town of Arcade as the City of Arcade in its city charter and make several updates to how the city council runs meetings, adopts ordinances, and handles a new mayoral veto.
… the city council shall by ordinance establish. (b) Within 96 hours after the adjournment of any city council meeting, the city clerk shall present to the mayor the …
House Special Committee on Oversight of Federal Funds; create
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution would create a nine-member special committee with subpoena power to investigate how the state receives, tracks, and spends federal grant money.
… at any time during the interim period occurring following the House of Representatives adjourning sine die, to enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its …
"Red Tape Rollback Act of 2025"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 28, the "Red Tape Rollback Act of 2025," would require economic impact analyses for costly agency rules and small business impact analyses for certain bills, add a four-year review and automatic sunset cycle for state agency rules, and change how the legislature can object to or ratify new regulations.
… intend to withdraw such rule but instead intends to adopt such rule following adjournment sine die of that regular session. Such notification shall include a detailed statement setting …
Elections; Secretary of State shall serve as chairperson of the State Election Board; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 40 would make Georgia's Secretary of State the automatic chairperson of the State Election Board, replacing the current system where the General Assembly elects a nonpartisan chairperson.
… house of the General Assembly shall take office on the day following the adjournment of the regular session in which elected and shall serve for a term of …
Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1247 stops Georgia courts and administrative judges from deferring to state agencies' interpretations of laws and rules, while also changing how the legislature discloses harassment settlements, how state rules get made and reviewed, and how homeless outreach groups near schools and parks must register.
… to adopt the specified rule or part <del>effective the day</del> following adjournment sine die of that regular session. A resolution objecting to such intended adoption may …
Sumter County Public Facilities Authority; create
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1523 would create the Sumter County Public Facilities Authority, a new local government body empowered to build public facilities and issue revenue bonds to pay for them.
… and any such resolution may be passed at any regular or special or adjourned meeting of the authority. SECTION 9. Same; Credit not Pledged. Revenue bonds shall not …
Social services; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 256 expands Georgia's foster parent bill of rights to also cover relative caregivers and fictive kin, and gives parties in juvenile court cases a guaranteed right to a full recording of hearings.
… Any hearing may be adjourned from time to time within the discretion of the court. (b) Except as otherwise provided, all hearings shall be conducted in accordance with …
Greene County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 816 creates the Greene County Public Facilities Authority, a new local government body with power to build public facilities and issue bonds for Greene County and its school district and cities.
… posted, and any such resolution may be passed at any regular, special, or adjourned meeting of the authority. SECTION 9. Credit not pledged. Revenue bonds of the authority …
"Barrow County Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 621 creates the Barrow County Public Facilities Authority, a new government body that can build public facilities, borrow money through revenue bonds, and manage them on behalf of Barrow County.
… posted, and any such resolution may be passed at any regular, special, or adjourned meeting of the Authority by a majority of its members present and voting. SECTION …
Insurance, Department of; efficiency in the practices; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 410 changes how the Georgia Department of Insurance processes paperwork for insurers, fraternal benefit societies, and insurance agencies, cutting newspaper publication requirements, triplicate filings, and branch office licensing.
… effectuation of dissolution, as follows: "(b) If, at the special meeting or any adjournment thereof, the holders of record of stock entitled to exercise two-thirds of all …
Henry County Airport Authority; current operative provisions; repeal and replace
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1580 repeals and rewrites the 2023 law that created the Henry County Airport Authority, resetting its membership, powers, and bond authority for running county airports.
… or posted, and any such resolution may be passed at regular, special, or adjourned meeting of the Authority by a majority vote of the quorum as provided in …
"South Georgia Energy Authority Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: This Georgia Senate bill creates the South Georgia Energy Authority, a new public corporation to acquire and distribute natural gas to five south Georgia cities, with power to issue revenue bonds and set rates.
… posted, and any such resolution may be passed at any regular, special, or adjourned meeting of the Authority by a majority of its members present and voting. SECTION …
Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 763 creates a new joint airport authority for Bryan County and the City of Richmond Hill, giving it power to build, run, and finance public airports through revenue bonds without pledging city or county tax money.
… and any such resolution may be passed at any regular or special or adjourned meeting of the authority by a majority of the quorum as in this Act …
Hospitals; allow rural hospitals to join together to allow further purchasing power with third-party payors but retain their independence
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate substitute for HB 1393 would largely end the state's certificate of need system for healthcare facilities, keeping it only for skilled nursing facilities, while letting rural hospital authorities merge, share services, and jointly negotiate with insurers without facing state antitrust liability.
… but intends to adopt the specified rule or part effective the day following adjournment sine die of that regular session. A resolution objecting to such intended adoption may …
Workforce and Residential Infrastructure District for Georgia Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 317 would create a new type of local government called a community development district in Georgia, letting developers and landowners set up special districts that can borrow money, levy taxes, and build infrastructure like roads, water systems, and sewers for new developments.
… The rule-making hearing may be adjourned from time to time. After such </ins> 1124 <ins>hearing, such schedule or schedules, either as initially proposed or as modified …
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code
Summary by Georgia Commons: This annual Code Revision Commission bill makes thousands of small technical fixes across the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, correcting typos, updating terminology, and reenacting the entire statutory code, without changing policy.
… 1396 (16) Code Section 46-3-120, relating to quorum of authority, action by majority vote, and 1397 adjournment of meetings at which less than a majority is …