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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.

  1. Senate · Passed · May 5, 2026

    SB403: SB403 Unclaimed Property; property is presumed abandoned; provide for exceptions

    Senate Bill 403 changes how Georgia's unclaimed property program works, letting the state pay small claims automatically, skip probate court for some heirs, and delay public notice for certain business property.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  2. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB907: HB907 Completion Special Schools Act; certain local school systems to either be a party to a collaborative operating agreement with a completion special school or provide certain education programs and services; require

    House Bill 907 changes how Georgia's completion special schools, which serve high schoolers who need dropout prevention or credit recovery help, work with the traditional school districts around them.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-05-05

  3. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB659: HB659 Health; rural assistance; expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists

    House Bill 659 adds optometrists to Georgia's rural health care loan and grant program and allows certified aides in personal care homes and assisted living communities to give residents GLP-1 and B12 medications.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  4. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB571: HB571 Professions and businesses; licensing of radiologist assistants; provide

    Georgia House Bill 571 creates a state license for radiologist assistants, medical professionals who help radiologists with certain imaging procedures, and sets rules for who can use that job title.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-05-05

  5. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB535: HB535 Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provide

    House Bill 535 changes Georgia's fentanyl trafficking sentencing rules and requires courts to credit time served in jail when someone's probation is revoked and they are sent to prison.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-05-05

  6. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB530: HB530 Courts; authorization for electronic filing of pleadings in probate court; provide

    House Bill 530 would require Georgia probate courts to allow electronic filing of civil case pleadings by January 1, 2029, setting fees, access rules, and exceptions for attorneys and self-represented parties.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  7. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB483: HB483 Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide

    House Bill 483 adds code enforcement officials to the list of workers who get enhanced criminal penalties when they are assaulted or battered on the job in Georgia, alongside utility workers.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-05-05

  8. Senate · Passed · May 5, 2026

    SB195: SB195 Pharmacies; pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain conditions; provide

    Georgia Senate Bill 195 would let trained pharmacists dispense and administer HIV prevention drugs, including PrEP and PEP, without a doctor's prescription each time, under specific safety rules.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  9. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB466: HB466 State symbols; marsh tacky horse as official Georgia heritage horse breed; designate

    House Bill 466 designates the marsh tacky horse as Georgia's official heritage horse breed and the pineywoods cattle as the official heritage cattle breed, adding both to state law.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  10. Senate · Passed · May 5, 2026

    SB148: SB148 Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide

    A Georgia Senate bill lets local school boards teach hunting safety in grades six through 12, creates a pilot program for outdoor classroom spaces, drops the physician requirement for school defibrillator programs, and raises the personal sick day limit for school staff from three to five.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  11. Senate · Passed · May 5, 2026

    SB162: SB162 Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide

    Senate Bill 162 would direct the Georgia Composite Medical Board to build an automated licensing and credentialing system so healthcare providers licensed once in Georgia could work at any facility without repeating credentialing paperwork.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  12. Senate · Passed · May 5, 2026

    SB150: SB150 Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program

    A Georgia Senate bill would extend through 2030 a program letting public school systems rehire retired teachers with 30 years of service as classroom teachers, and would let some retirees teach math, science, special education, CTAE, or reading/writing/English without needing to be in a designated 'highest need' subject area.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  13. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB334: HB334 Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act; enact

    House Bill 334 would require Georgia child care centers to give parents yearly information on RSV and would direct the Department of Community Health to review sickle cell disease treatment coverage under Medicaid every year.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  14. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB219: HB219 Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize

    House Bill 219 lets the boards that license counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and nurses in Georgia set up programs to monitor and help rehabilitate professionals impaired by drugs, alcohol, or mental or physical conditions.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  15. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB165: HB165 Income tax credit; business enterprises for leased motor vehicles; repeal and reserve

    House Bill 165 would expand and revise a Georgia sales tax exemption for manufactured homes, tying the tax break to a requirement that the home be permanently attached to land within 30 days of sale.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  16. House · Passed · May 5, 2026

    HB162: HB162 Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked; provide

    House Bill 162 changes how Georgia courts and law enforcement seal and restrict records for people sentenced under the First Offender Act, generally moving that protection to the time of sentencing instead of after final discharge.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-07-01

  17. Senate · Passed · April 22, 2026

    SB566: SB566 Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; the acceptance of tax digests in the event of a publication error made by a newspaper; provide

    A Georgia Senate bill would rewrite several rules for how counties calculate, notify, and enforce homestead property tax exemptions, including new penalties for failing to report when someone no longer qualifies for one.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-04-22

  18. Senate · Passed · April 22, 2026

    SB284: SB284 "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008,"; issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return; authorize

    A Georgia Senate bill lets the state Securities Commissioner order securities law violators to repay investors, and separately lets school systems and public agencies use pre-approved cooperative suppliers for roof repairs without a new competitive bid.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-04-22

  19. House · Passed · April 22, 2026

    HB413: HB413 Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land

    House Bill 413 makes changes to how Georgia handles transfer-on-death real estate deeds, vital records access for beneficiaries, year's support claims, and local regulation of livestock, despite its title referencing mobile sawmills.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-04-22

  20. Senate · Passed · April 2, 2026

    SR1105: SR1105 Central United Methodist Church; recognize and commend

    A Georgia Senate resolution recognizes and commends Central United Methodist Church in Atlanta on its 160th anniversary, honoring its history as one of the city's oldest Black congregations.

    Latest action: Senate Read and Adopted