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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.
HB200: HB200 State Board of Education; establish a three-year pilot immersive writing program for eligible public elementary schools; provide
A Georgia House bill would require new public elementary schools built after July 1, 2027 to include accessible playgrounds, create a three-year grant program for immersive writing instruction in grades two through five, and encourage schools to let patriotic youth groups like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts use school facilities.
SB65: SB65 Education; mandatory kindergarten for all children prior to entering into first grade; provide
A Senate committee substitute for SB 65 would make full-day kindergarten mandatory for Georgia children before they enter first grade, but only once the General Assembly specifically funds it.
SB64: SB64 Local Government and State Government; certain transactions between government entities and certain foreign persons; prohibit
A Senate committee substitute would bar Georgia state and local government agencies from buying or using drones made by companies tied to China or Russia, and would tighten an existing ban on state contracts with Chinese-linked companies.
SB62: SB62 "Defend the Guard Act"; enact
A Georgia Senate bill would bar the Governor from releasing Georgia National Guard members into active combat abroad unless Congress has declared war or formally called up the Guard.
SB26: SB26 State Income Taxes; with regard to military retirement income, to determine and apply a cost-of-living adjustment to the amount of allowable retirement pay; require the state revenue commissioner
A Georgia Senate bill would require the state revenue commissioner to adjust the tax exclusion for military retirement pay each year to keep pace with inflation, starting with the 2026 tax year.
SB22: SB22 State School Superintendent; Department of Education to publish relevant and applicable federal guidance documents and related information; require
Senate Bill 22 would require the Georgia Department of Education to publicly post federal guidance documents it receives and explain how it plans to respond to them, with annual reports to legislative committees.
SB24: SB24 Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; provide
A Georgia Senate bill would let counties extend the special property tax assessment for rehabilitated historic buildings and landmark historic properties by up to 12 more years for income-producing properties.
SB7: SB7 Jails; certain municipal corporations make municipal detention facilities or jails available for use by a sheriff; require
A Georgia Senate bill would require certain municipal jails near the State Capitol to let county sheriffs use their facilities to hold inmates, if the sheriff has the funding to pay for it.
HB56: HB56 Education; grants to spouses of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; provide
House Bill 56 would expand a Georgia college tuition grant program to cover spouses, not just children, of law enforcement officers, firefighters, prison guards, EMTs, and highway emergency responders killed or disabled on the job, and would create a similar grant for families of public school employees and teachers killed or disabled by violence at work.
HB51: HB51 Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties for projects relating to natural gas facilities; authorize
House Bill 51 would let the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority help finance and build natural gas storage and distribution facilities outside the areas served by regulated gas companies, expanding its role beyond water and sewage projects.
SB2: SB2 State Income Tax; exclude tips from taxation
Senate Bill 2 would exclude tips from Georgia state income tax for employees who earn them, while requiring employers to report tip totals to the state.
HB870: HB870 Clayton County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide homestead exemption
House Bill 870 would let Clayton County voters decide whether to cap property tax increases on the homes of disabled veterans, senior citizens, certain surviving spouses, and 100 percent disabled residents from 2026 through 2030.
HB869: HB869 Bartow County; joint airport authority; legislative delegation to appoint a member; provide
House Bill 869 changes how the Cartersville-Bartow County joint airport authority picks its third board member, giving that appointment to Bartow County's state legislative delegation instead of a local official.
HB848: HB848 Polk County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
House Bill 848 would create a new age-based homestead exemption from Polk County school district property taxes for older homeowners, pending voter approval in a November 2025 referendum.
HB824: HB824 Dawson County; ad valorem tax; close new applications for certain homestead exemptions for senior citizens
House Bill 824 would close several older senior citizen homestead tax exemption programs in Dawson County to new applicants starting January 1, 2026, while letting current recipients keep their exemptions, pending voter approval.
HB823: HB823 Dawson County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; revise definition of senior citizen
House Bill 823 would broaden who counts as a senior citizen for Dawson County's homestead tax exemption, letting long-term residents who rented rather than owned property qualify, pending voter approval in November 2025.
HB841: HB841 Pickens County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
House Bill 841 would let Pickens County voters decide whether to create a $40,000 school tax exemption for homeowners age 62 or older whose income is $40,000 or less.
HB859: HB859 Cartersville, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
House Bill 859 would raise the school tax homestead exemption for older homeowners in the City of Cartersville, with the new amounts tied to age brackets and set to apply only from 2028 through 2032, pending voter approval.
HB834: HB834 Cedartown, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum
House Bill 834 would let the City of Cedartown use Georgia's Redevelopment Powers Law, including creating tax allocation districts and issuing tax allocation bonds, but only if voters approve it in a November 2025 referendum.
HB842: HB842 Whitfield County; ad valorem tax; revise homestead exemption amount
House Bill 842 would raise Whitfield County's property tax exemption for homeowners 70 and older from $250,000 to $325,000 of a home's appraised value, pending voter approval in a November 2025 referendum.
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