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Legislation from the 2025-2026 Regular Session with status, sponsors, and votes. Filter by chamber, type, and status, or search by bill number or title. Sorted by most recent activity.
SB524: SB524 License Plates; specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; establish
A Georgia Senate bill creates a special license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia, with sale proceeds split between two regional Girl Scouts organizations, and adds a design commemorating the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.
HB1358: HB1358 Brooks County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
A House bill would let the Magistrate Court of Brooks County charge a technology fee of up to $10 on civil filings and fines to pay for court technology upgrades, with the fee expiring in 2036.
HB1357: HB1357 Bulloch County Public Facilities Authority; revenue bonding authority; revise provisions
House Bill 1357 would revise how the Bulloch County Public Facilities Authority can issue revenue bonds, limiting bond-funded projects to Bulloch County itself and setting a 40-year cap on bond terms.
HB1321: HB1321 Cartersville, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption
House Bill 1321 would create a $100,000 homestead exemption from City of Cartersville property taxes for municipal purposes, pending voter approval in a November 2026 referendum.
HB1316: HB1316 Walker County; school district ad valorem tax; remove five year residency requirement for homestead exemption
House Bill 1316 amends a 2025 law and removes the five-year residency requirement for the school tax homestead exemption for Walker County residents age 75 and older, pending voter approval in a November 2026 referendum.
HB1349: HB1349 Fulton County; Board of Education; pension board; revise membership
A House bill amends the law governing the Fulton County Board of Education's teacher and employee pension system, changing how one at-large member of the pension board is chosen.
HB1328: HB1328 University of North Georgia military scholarships; authorize selection committee to select additional scholarship recipients
House Bill 1328 would let the committee that awards University of North Georgia military scholarships pick extra recipients beyond the usual three per congressional district, up to a new statewide cap.
HB1307: HB1307 Brookhaven, City of; increase existing homestead exemption for senior citizens and disabled persons to $200,000.00
House Bill 1307 would raise the City of Brookhaven's homestead property tax exemption for senior citizens and disabled residents from $160,000 to $200,000, pending voter approval in a November 2026 referendum.
HB1302: HB1302 Education and Workforce Strategy Act; enact
House Bill 1302 rebuilds Georgia's education and workforce bureaucracy, turning the Office of Student Achievement into a new Office of Education and Workforce Strategy, eliminating the Alliance of Education Agency Heads, and naming the Technical College System of Georgia as the state's official apprenticeship agency.
HB1297: HB1297 Pierce County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
A House bill would let the Magistrate Court of Pierce County charge a technology fee of up to $10 on civil filings and fines to pay for court computer and records equipment, ending in 2036.
SB503: SB503 Insurance; rental home marketplace guarantees from the definition of property insurance; exempt
A Georgia Senate bill would change which health plans must cover medically necessary orthotic and prosthetic devices by narrowing the definition of 'health benefit policy' under state law, excluding certain state employee and Medicaid-related plans.
HB1277: HB1277 Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations
House Bill 1277 would raise the cost threshold that triggers environmental evaluations for public road and airport projects from $100 million to $200 million, and adjust several Department of Transportation reporting and property-sale rules.
HB1275: HB1275 Medical practice; ensure that stem cell therapies are used to advance medical treatments and improve patient outcomes in an ethical manner that does not involve stem cells derived from aborted fetuses
House Bill 1275 sets new rules for doctors who offer human stem cell therapy in Georgia, requiring patient consent, advertising disclosures, and stem cells sourced from certified facilities rather than aborted fetal tissue.
HB1272: HB1272 Banking and finance; licensing of payment stablecoin issuers; provisions
Georgia House Bill 1272 would create a state licensing system for companies that issue payment stablecoins, digital tokens designed to hold a steady value, and align state rules with the federal GENIUS Act.
SB494: SB494 Board of Commissioners of Irwin County; the compensation of the board of commissioners; revise provisions
A Senate bill would update the local law governing Irwin County's Board of Commissioners, revising commissioner pay and clerk appointment rules, creating a vice chairperson role, and establishing a county administrator position.
SB489: SB489 Board of Commissioners of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; allow to set monthly dues
A Georgia Senate bill would let the board that runs the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund set monthly dues within a set range and would raise several court fees that help fund it, including marriage license, civil filing, and fine surcharges.
SB485: SB485 Professional Counselors; applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; authorize
Senate Bill 485 makes several licensing changes in Georgia: it lets social work master's students take their licensing exam in their final semester, requires nail technicians and their apprentices to submit ID photocopies starting in 2028, and requires behavior analysis certifying entities to be nonprofits.
HB1266: HB1266 Watercraft; use of certain motors on vessels being operated on the Ogeechee River; repeal a provision
A Georgia House bill would change the rules for the Ogeechee River by removing the current 9.9 horsepower motor limit and instead banning personal watercraft, like jet skis, on a stretch of the river.
HB1245: HB1245 Walker County; Board of Education; members shall be elected by voters of the respective education districts; provide
House Bill 1245 changes how the Walker County Board of Education is elected, moving from countywide voting to election by voters within each of five separate education districts.
HB1254: HB1254 Professions and businesses; move regulation of various professions from individual boards to Secretary of State
House Bill 1254 shifts state licensing power for cemetery owners, auctioneers, geologists, and hearing aid dispensers away from their own boards and commissions to the Georgia Secretary of State's office.