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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.
SB33: SB33 "Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits
Senate Bill 33, the "Homeownership Opportunity and Market Equalization Act of 2026," rewrites several Georgia property tax and sales tax laws, creating a new local sales tax to fund homestead exemptions and changing rules for special elections and homestead tax breaks.
HB115: HB115 Natural Resources, Department of; certain notice upon registration of a vessel; provide
House Bill 115 rewrites Georgia's abandoned vessel laws, adding new boat registration notices, unattended vessel check procedures, and criminal penalties for boat owners who fail to remove abandoned vessels from public waters or property.
SB551: Standard, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; eggs; repeal provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standard, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to repeal provisions relative to eggs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
SB547: SB547 Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties
A Georgia Senate bill would rewrite the penalty rules for pimping and pandering offenses, setting mandatory minimum jail time for first offenses and making repeat offenses of two of the crimes automatic felonies.
HB1310: HB1310 State symbols; cotton as official state fabric; designate
A Georgia House bill would designate cotton as the state's official fabric, adding it to the list of official state symbols in Georgia law.
HB1202: HB1202 Georgia Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Advisory Board; correct a scrivener's error in a cross-reference
House Bill 1202 fixes a small drafting error in Georgia's law on the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Advisory Board, correcting a cross-reference to the wrong code section.
HB1159: HB1159 Income tax; all income received by individuals, corporations, and partnerships under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program; exempt from taxation
A Georgia House bill would exempt from state income tax the payments farmers receive under two federal farm relief programs, the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program and the Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers Program, for individuals, corporations, and partnerships.
HB1128: HB1128 State Board of Workers' Compensation; notice of eligibility for compensation to an injured employee to his or her legal guardian; provide
House Bill 1128 requires Georgia's workers' compensation board and law enforcement agencies to notify an injured employee's legal guardian, not just the employee, about eligibility for disability compensation and indemnification benefits.
SB452: SB452 Retirement and Pension; maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; increase
Senate Bill 452 raises the state's matching 401(k) contribution for certain state law enforcement officers, including probation and parole officers and other certified peace officers, in Georgia's public employee retirement plan.
SB435: SB435 Georgia Development Authority; rename as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority
Senate Bill 435 renames the Georgia Development Authority as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority throughout Georgia law, updating the name wherever it appears in state statutes.
SB433: SB433 "Rio's Law"
Georgia's "Rio's Law" creates a special license plate for people with autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability, and requires new police training on interacting with them, starting January 1, 2027.
HB983: HB983 Conservation and natural resources; prescribed burning for silviculture purposes is exempt from certain burning notice and permit requirements; clarify
House Bill 983 changes Georgia's forestry law to protect prescribed burning done for timber and forest management from local ordinances that would restrict it, while clarifying definitions and burn requirements.
HB956: HB956 Solid Waste Trust Fund; authorize use of funds for implementation of provisions of a solid waste management program
House Bill 956 would let Georgia's Solid Waste Trust Fund pay for running the state's solid waste management program, including permitting, inspections and enforcement, not just cleanup and tire programs.
HB944: HB944 Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor carriers and commercial vehicles; update reference date
House Bill 944 updates a technical reference in Georgia's trucking safety law so that state rules track the version of federal commercial vehicle regulations in effect as of January 1, 2026 instead of 2025.
SB383: SB383 Child Abuse; local child fatality review committees; modify the review
A Georgia Senate bill would change how local child fatality review committees operate, adding a school system representative, requiring training attendance, and extending several reporting deadlines under state law.
HR1008: HR1008 State-wide water management plan; ratify amendments
A House resolution ratifies the 2025 amendments to Georgia's statewide water management plan, updating the water use and planning framework the Water Council first adopted in 2008.
SB306: SB306 Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; impending expiration to be sent via certified mail; require notices
A Georgia Senate bill would let landowners request certified mail notice before their conservation use property tax covenant expires, expand the conservation use definition to include carbon sequestration, and cap a low-income housing tax credit at $100 million a year.
SB285: SB285 Emergency Communications Authority; increase in the percentage of all 9-1-1 charges to be remitted to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; increase
A Georgia Senate bill would require counties and cities to send a share of certain insurance premium tax money to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund and let the fund's board raise retired officers' monthly benefit payments.
HB549: HB549 Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought
House Bill 549 extends how long a new police or sheriff's department can be required to reimburse a peace officer's training costs after hiring someone away from another Georgia law enforcement agency.
SB160: SB160 Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty
Senate Bill 160 would let Georgians whose licenses are suspended for reckless stunt driving apply for a limited permit that requires an intelligent speed assistance device, and it sets up licensing rules for the companies that install and monitor those devices.