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.
HB533: HB533 Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enact
A House substitute bill would create a formal legal process, run through the Office of State Administrative Hearings, for people wrongly convicted of felonies in Georgia to file claims for state compensation for their time in prison.
HB518: HB518 Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2025; enact
A Georgia House bill would ban the sale of over-the-counter sexual assault evidence kits and create a new state committee to set training standards for nurses who conduct forensic exams on assault victims.
HB526: HB526 Ad valorem tax; extension of preferential assessment period for certain historic properties; provide
A Georgia House bill would let county governments extend the special property tax assessment for rehabilitated historic buildings by up to 12 additional years, but only for properties that produce income.
HB486: HB486 State government; City of Incheon, South Korea as sister city-state of the State of Georgia; designate
A Georgia House bill would formally designate the City of Incheon, South Korea as the official sister city-state of the State of Georgia, adding the designation to state law.
HB482: HB482 Courts; superior court judicial officers in certain judicial circuits; provide
A Georgia House bill would let counties in the state's largest superior court circuits pay for appointed judicial officers to help handle caseloads, without those officers being elected.
HB493: HB493 State symbols; pineywoods cattle as official Georgia heritage cattle breed; designate
A Georgia House bill would name pineywoods cattle, a heat-tolerant heritage breed raised in the state since the 1500s, as Georgia's official heritage cattle breed.
HB442: HB442 Education; students shall not be counted absent from school due to performing in certain productions; provisions
A Georgia House bill would let student performers, such as child actors and models, miss up to 25 school days a year for productions without being marked absent, as long as certain paperwork and instruction requirements are met.
HB464: HB464 Crimes and offenses; immunity for a prospective offender while seeking assistance from law enforcement as a victim of certain offenses; provide
A Georgia House bill would give people who are victims of certain violent or sexual crimes limited immunity from arrest or prosecution when they call police for help, even if that call reveals their own criminal conduct.
HB424: HB424 Agriculture; clarify that a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
A House committee substitute for HB 424 would say that a pesticide label approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency counts as a sufficient warning under Georgia law, limiting lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers over health risks not covered by that label.
HB434: HB434 Crimes and offenses; offense of selling a child for financial gain; provide
A House Judiciary substitute would move Georgia's existing ban on illegal payments for adoption placements out of the adoption code and into the criminal code, without appearing to add a brand-new crime of selling a child for financial gain despite the bill's title.
HB420: HB420 Insurance; require certain health benefit policies to cover genetic testing for an inherited mutation and cancer imaging under certain conditions
A House substitute bill would require Georgia health insurance plans to cover genetic testing for inherited cancer-related mutations and cancer imaging when a doctor recommends it, starting July 1, 2025.
HB427: HB427 Property; notice to owner and deed holder when another deed is filed by another party; provide
HB 427 would require Georgia county clerks to notify property owners by mail or electronically whenever someone else files a deed, mortgage, or lien on their property, and to hold most such filings for 45 days before recording.
HB435: HB435 Crimes and offenses; sexual exploitation of children; expand limitations to include Division of Family and Children Services
A Georgia House bill would add Division of Family and Children Services staff to the list of people exempt from the state's child sexual exploitation material law when acting in their official duties.
SB152: SB152 "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act"; the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; provide
Senate Bill 152 would let the biological or adopted children of foster parents qualify for Georgia's Promise Scholarship education savings accounts without meeting the program's usual school-residency rules, and would let the state share limited applicant data to verify eligibility.
HB393: HB393 Safer Cycling in Georgia Act; enact
A House substitute would require Georgia bicyclists to signal turns except when unsafe, and would let cyclists treat stop signs like yield points if the way is clear, similar to an 'Idaho stop' rule.
HB391: HB391 Professions and businesses; certain boxing, wrestling, and martial art associations and federations; change certain provisions
House Bill 391 would shorten the list of martial arts and kickboxing organizations whose amateur matches are exempt from Georgia's combat sports regulation law, removing several kickboxing and karate federations from that list.
HB390: HB390 HALO Act; enact
A House Judiciary substitute for HB 390, the "HALO Act," would add felony obstruction charges against police officers, firefighters, and EMS workers to the list of offenses covered by Georgia's unsecured judicial release law.
HB374: HB374 Local government; residential rental property; establish housing management databases
A House bill would let Georgia counties and cities create databases tracking who owns or manages large residential rental properties, while capping fees, penalties, and what information can be required.
HB357: HB357 Revenue and taxation; tax credits for certain contributions made by taxpayers to certain mortgage loan originators; provide
House Bill 357 would create a new Georgia income tax credit for people and businesses who donate to certain nonprofit mortgage loan originators exempt from state licensing, capped at $10 million statewide per year.
HB342: HB342 Crimes and offenses; access to medical cannabis; repeal certain advertising restrictions on licensees
A House committee substitute would let medical cannabis companies in Georgia share product information directly with physicians, while keeping the current ban on advertising to patients and the general public, under rules the state cannabis commission must write.
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