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.
HB216: HB216 Richard H. Smith Georgia CHIPS Advancement in Research and Economic Development Act; enact
House Bill 216 replaces Georgia's existing semiconductor industry advisory group with a new Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission housed in the Department of Economic Development, set to expire in mid-2028.
HB177: HB177 Domestic relations; protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; provide
Georgia courts would gain explicit authority to include household pets in family violence and dating violence protective orders, letting judges decide who keeps a pet and bar an abuser from harming, taking, or hiding it.
HB174: HB174 Centerville, City of; Municipal Court; charge a technology fee
House Bill 174 lets the Municipal Court of the City of Centerville add a technology fee of up to $5 to criminal and quasi-criminal fines, with the money earmarked for court and police technology.
HB175: HB175 Education; employee comprehensive background checks for early care and education programs and Head Start programs; revise provisions
House Bill 175 tightens Georgia's background check rules for workers at early care, education, and Head Start programs, making license revocation mandatory rather than optional when programs fail to comply.
HB164: HB164 Highways, bridges, and ferries; allowable variance for weight limitations upon a vehicle or load; repeal automatic repeal provisions
House Bill 164 would permanently keep in place a 10 percent weight variance for certain trucks hauling farm products and recovered materials in Georgia, which was set to expire on July 1, 2025, and would let local police enforce truck weight and load laws alongside state troopers.
HB156: HB156 Transportation, Department of; authority over vertiports; provide
House Bill 156 gives the Georgia Department of Transportation formal authority over vertiports, the landing pads used by vertical takeoff aircraft, and expands what local hotel tax revenue can fund for airport-related tourism projects.
HB159: HB159 Georgia Housing and Finance Authority; increase outstanding bond limit
House Bill 159 would double the amount of bonds and notes the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority can have outstanding for its single-family housing program, from $3 billion to $6 billion.
HB157: HB157 Braselton, Town of; annex certain properties
House Bill 157 amends the Town of Braselton's charter to annex specific parcels of land in Jackson County into the town's official boundaries.
HB160: HB160 Carroll County; State Court; provide additional judge
House Bill 160 adds a second judge to the State Court of Carroll County, with the first holder appointed by the Governor before voters elect a successor in 2026.
HB136: HB136 Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit
House Bill 136 expands Georgia's income tax credits related to children, raising the child and dependent care credit, adding new credits for young children and employer child care payments, and broadening the foster child support tax credit program.
HB123: HB123 Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provide
House Bill 123 creates a formal pretrial process for defendants facing the death penalty in Georgia to argue they have an intellectual disability, letting a judge decide the issue before trial in some cases.
HB73: HB73 Seminole County; Board of Education; provide nonpartisan elections
House Bill 73 would change how the Seminole County Board of Education is elected, moving future board elections from partisan to nonpartisan starting in 2025.
HB55: HB55 Alapaha Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for an additional judge
House Bill 55 adds a third superior court judge to the Alapaha Judicial Circuit, with the Governor appointing the first judge to serve until a 2028 election.
HB53: HB53 Georgia veterans; allow certain persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries
House Bill 53 would let certain National Guard and reserve members, along with their spouses and children, be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries and lets the state charge burial fees for the service.
HB37: HB37 Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits
House Bill 37 would require Georgia local school systems to tell new and current employees whether Social Security taxes are being withheld from their pay and what retirement benefits they qualify for.
HB28: HB28 Colquitt County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide homestead exemption
House Bill 28 would create a $10,000 homestead exemption from Colquitt County property taxes for county purposes, pending voter approval in the 2026 general primary.
HB13: HB13 Echols County; Board of Education; provide for compensation
A House bill sets new per diem pay rates for the Echols County Board of Education, capping total monthly compensation for board members at $600.
HB5: HB5 Decatur County; board of commissioners; change district residency requirements for candidates
House Bill 5 changes how long a candidate for the Decatur County Board of Commissioners must have lived in their commission district before running, shortening the residency requirement from prior law.
SB259: SB259 Juvenile Code; certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; provide
Senate Bill 259, called 'Ridge's Law,' sets new rules for what happens when a physician takes a child into protective custody over suspected abuse or neglect, including a family's right to a second medical opinion.
HB582: HB582 Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact
House Bill 582, the Georgia Survivor Justice Act, lets defendants use evidence of past domestic abuse in self-defense and sentencing, revises the coercion defense, protects victim-offender dialogue communications, and narrows the crime of violating a public officer's oath.
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