Georgia CommonsBills and resolutions
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.
HB1338: HB1338 Savannah, City of; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; provisions
A House bill would freeze the adjusted base year value used to calculate Savannah's homestead property tax exemption at 2025 levels, pending voter approval in a November 2026 referendum.
HB1326: HB1326 Income tax; living wage jobs; provide tax credit
A Georgia House bill would give small employers a state income tax credit for raising workers' pay from $10 an hour or less to at least $15 an hour in full-time jobs.
HB1335: HB1335 Emergency management; certain longshoremen and related maritime, port, warehouse, and logistics workers to be considered essential workers; provide
A Georgia House bill would classify longshoremen and related port, warehouse, and logistics workers as essential workers during a state of emergency, protecting their ability to get to work and access to safety resources.
HB1315: HB1315 Georgia Landowners Protection Act; enact
A Georgia House bill would cap local zoning and permit moratoria at 180 days, block quick reimposition, and let property owners sue counties and cities for damages if limits are exceeded.
SB487: SB487 Education Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee; within the Office of Student Achievement; establish
A Senate committee substitute for SB 487 would replace an old reporting requirement on nationally certified teachers with a new Education Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee inside the Office of Student Achievement, tasked with overseeing educator workforce data through 2036.
HB1265: HB1265 Traffic offenses; fleeing or attempting to elude a pursuing vehicle or law enforcement officer performing duties; provisions
A Georgia House bill would create a new crime specifically for fleeing or trying to elude Department of Public Safety officers, such as the Georgia State Patrol or Capitol Police, with penalties tied to how far a driver traveled while fleeing.
HR1204: HR1204 United States and the State of Georgia; burden of lung cancer; recognize
A Georgia House resolution recognizes lung cancer as a major health burden in the United States and Georgia, and encourages expanding access to advanced medical technology for early detection and treatment.
HB1180: HB1180 Georgia Housing and Finance Authority; eliminate outstanding bond limit
House Bill 1180 would change how the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority handles the borrowing limits on its bonds and would require every bond it issues to state that it is not backed by the state's full faith and credit.
HB1160: HB1160 Civil practice; tolling of limitations; provide for surviving relatives in wrongful death actions
A House Judiciary substitute for HB 1160 would let the clock on wrongful death lawsuits pause while a related criminal case is pending, extending who can benefit from that pause to surviving relatives of crime victims.
HB1080: HB1080 Georgia Public Safety Support Fund Act; enact
A Georgia House bill would create a state grant program letting the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council fund equipment, training, and technology for local police, sheriff's offices, and courts using private and public donations.
HB1002: HB1002 Social services; transfer Medicaid coverage for foster children from managed care to fee-for-service
A Georgia House bill would move Medicaid coverage for foster children out of managed care plans and into the state's fee-for-service Medicaid program, with the change automatically expiring in 2028.
HB949: HB949 Aviation; prohibit launch or intentional landing of unmanned aircraft systems from or on agricultural land
A House substitute bill would rewrite Georgia's drone law (O.C.G.A. § 6-1-4) to make it a crime to fly a drone over farmland if doing so disrupts farming, sprays chemicals without consent, or harasses livestock.
HR592: HR592 House Study Committee on Noncompete Clauses in Physician Contracts; create
A House resolution would create a study committee to examine noncompete clauses in physician contracts in Georgia and consider whether state law needs to change.
HB502: HB502 Elections; preferential treatment during advance voting for voters accompanied by children two years of age or younger; provide
A House substitute would let Georgia voters who bring along a child two years old or younger skip to the front of the line during advance voting and on election day, the same privilege already given to voters 75 and older or disabled voters who need assistance.
HB170: HB170 Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider; provide
A Georgia House bill would require health insurers and other benefit providers to give treating healthcare providers a written accounting of payments made to injured patients for their care, when requested.
SB51: SB51 State, County, and Municipal Road Systems; contracting procedures related to the acquisition of certain professional services by counties and municipalities; revise
Senate Bill 51 would change how Georgia counties and municipalities hire architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, and interior designers, moving them toward a qualifications-based selection process similar to what the state already uses.
HR1403: HR1403 Howell, Mason; commend
A Georgia House resolution commends amateur golfer Mason Howell for winning the 2025 U.S. Amateur Championship and other achievements, with no changes to state law.
HR1401: HR1401 Bryant, Reverend Dr. Jamal-Harrison; commend
A Georgia House resolution formally commends Reverend Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, for his civil rights and economic justice work.
HR1406: HR1406 Brewton-Parker Christian University; commend
A Georgia House resolution honors Brewton-Parker Christian University for its history and recent transition to university status, and commends its president, Dr. Steven F. Echols.
HR1404: HR1404 Thomas County Central High School football team; winning the 2025 GHSA Class 5A State Football Championship; commend
A House resolution congratulates the Thomas County Central High School football team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 5A State Football Championship, recognizing the team, its coach, and standout players.