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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.
SB447: SB447 Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; denial or nonacceptance of permits; revise provisions
Senate Bill 447 changes how Georgia local governments handle building and land-disturbance permit reviews, setting stricter deadlines for permit denials, requiring written reasons for rejections, and mandating real-time online permit tracking for larger local governments starting in 2028.
HB1129: HB1129 Local government; designation of enterprise zones; provisions
House Bill 1129 changes how Georgia's enterprise zone program handles large urban redevelopment projects, ending automatic state sales tax breaks and capping how many such zones a county can have.
HB1121: HB1121 Cordele Judicial Court; change certain terms of court
House Bill 1121 changes when superior court sessions begin in the four counties of the Cordele Judicial Circuit, resetting the court terms around January 1 and July 1 each year.
HB1131: HB1131 Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide
House Bill 1131 changes how Georgia courts must notify people before a warrant application hearing, requiring personal service of process, and separately lowers a cap on bail bond company collateral requirements.
HB1138: HB1138 Increasing Access to Contraceptives Act; enact
Georgia House Bill 1138 would let trained pharmacists dispense birth control pills and give contraceptive shots without a doctor's individual prescription, starting January 1, 2027, while requiring insurers and Medicaid to cover larger supplies at once.
HB1155: HB1155 Tift County; board of commissioners; revise purchasing provisions
House Bill 1155 rewrites the purchasing rules for Tift County's board of commissioners, letting the board set its own purchasing and bidding policy instead of following older detailed procedures written into county law.
HB1139: HB1139 Spalding County Water Authority Act; enact
House Bill 1139 renames the Spalding County Water and Sewerage Facilities Authority as the Spalding County Water Authority and updates how its board members are chosen, paid, and how the authority can enforce its rules.
HB1140: HB1140 Ben Hill County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
A House bill would let the Magistrate Court of Ben Hill County charge a technology fee of up to $5 on civil filings and fines, with the fee expiring in 2036.
SB441: SB441 Local Government Investment Pool; certain pooled investments to be approved by the State Depository Board; require
A Georgia Senate bill would require that any new pooled investment fund created for two or more local governments get approval from the State Depository Board before it can be set up, with one existing exemption.
HB1083: HB1083 Madison County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
A local bill would let the Magistrate Court of Madison County charge a technology fee of up to $10 on civil filings and up to $10 as a surcharge on fines, with the money earmarked for court technology.
HB1084: HB1084 Madison County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
A House bill would let the Probate Court of Madison County charge a technology fee of up to $10 on civil filings and fines, with the money going toward court technology upgrades through mid-2031.
HB1096: HB1096 Public Health, Department of; provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave
House Bill 1096 lets certain county board of health employees who move to the Georgia Department of Public Health keep their accrued annual and sick leave and their seniority for future leave accrual.
SB443: SB443 Offenses Against Public Order; the punishment for the offense of obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages; increase
A Georgia Senate bill increases the penalty for blocking highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages from a misdemeanor to a high and aggravated misdemeanor and lets injured parties sue for damages.
HB1086: HB1086 Preston Fant and Brant Chesney Firefighter Safety Act; enact
Georgia House Bill 1086 would require owners of certain commercial, industrial, and multiunit residential buildings to post warning signs if the structure uses lightweight truss or I-joist construction, so firefighters know before entering.
SB439: SB439 "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; provide
Senate Bill 439 sets new rules for referral agencies that connect prospective residents with Georgia assisted living communities and personal care homes, requiring disclosures about fees and relationships before charging for a referral.
HB1090: HB1090 Echols County; Board of Commissioners; county commissioners shall be elected from the county at large; provide
House Bill 1090 would change how Echols County elects its five county commissioners, moving from a district-based system to countywide, at-large elections starting January 1, 2027.
HB1112: HB1112 Commerce and trade; rounding of total price of sale of goods or services when using legal tender; provide
House Bill 1112 lets Georgia merchants round cash sale totals to the nearest five cents instead of requiring exact penny amounts, while still requiring them to accept exact cash payment if asked.
HB1097: HB1097 Mental health; criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; provide
House Bill 1097 would require owners, applicants, and employees of certain Georgia mental health and residential treatment facilities to pass criminal background, license, and registry checks before working, with penalties for facilities that fail to remove disqualified employees.
SB432: SB432 Education; nonlapsing revenue of institutions of the University System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia; extend automatic repeals
Senate Bill 432 extends, from 2026 to 2031, laws letting Georgia's university and technical college systems keep certain revenue instead of losing it, and delays a related change to how the state writes off small unpaid debts.
HB1067: HB1067 West Point, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption
A House bill would give homeowners in West Point a $10,000 property tax break on city taxes, but only if voters approve it in a November 2026 referendum.