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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.
SB609: SB609 DeKalb County; County Board of Education; changes in boundaries of school district; revise provisions
A DeKalb County local bill would move one specific property, a home at 1195 University Drive NE in Atlanta, out of the DeKalb County school district and into the Atlanta Independent School System.
HB1452: HB1452 Mableton, City of; Municipal Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
A Georgia House bill would let the Municipal Court of the City of Mableton charge a technology fee of up to $10 on criminal and quasi-criminal fines to help pay for court and police technology.
SB591: SB591 Offenses Against Public Order; the disruption of a religious service; prohibit
A Georgia Senate bill expands an existing law against disrupting funerals so that it also covers religious services, banning disruptive conduct near worship gatherings and setting misdemeanor penalties.
SB589: SB589 "Quality Basic Education Act"; the date by which a child must attain a certain age to be eligible for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade; revise
A Georgia Senate bill lets parents choose to enroll an age-eligible child in Georgia's Pre-K Program or in kindergarten instead of first grade, and requires student ID badges in grades six through 12 to list the 988 crisis hotline starting July 1, 2026.
HB1453: HB1453 Jeff Davis County; levy an excise tax
House Bill 1453 lets Jeff Davis County's government raise its hotel and motel tax to as much as 8 percent, with the extra money required to go toward tourism promotion and tourism-related development.
SB601: SB601 Atlanta Board of Education; residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; remove
A Georgia Senate bill would remove residency requirements for three top Atlanta Public Schools administrative jobs and change how they are hired, supervised, and evaluated by the Atlanta Board of Education.
SB569: SB569 Motor Vehicles and Traffic; the issuance of emergency vehicle light permits for towing service companies in certain instances; provide
Senate Bill 569 would let towing companies get permits for flashing emergency lights, create a state database to track towed vehicles, and rewrite notice rules for towing liens; the Governor vetoed the bill.
SB567: SB567 "Ellaville-Schley County Parks and Recreation Authority Act"; enact
A Senate bill would create the Ellaville-Schley County Parks and Recreation Authority, a new local public body that would build and run parks and recreation facilities across Schley County starting in 2026.
HB1409: HB1409 Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse
House Bill 1409 would update Georgia's mandated child abuse reporting law to add new reporter categories and require a secure online reporting system, and separately would make certain General Assembly harassment settlement records subject to public disclosure. The Governor vetoed the bill.
HB1404: HB1404 Pooler, City of; levy an excise tax
House Bill 1404 lets the City of Pooler raise its hotel and motel excise tax up to 6 percent, with the extra money above the current 5 percent rate earmarked for tourism promotion and tourism-related development projects.
HB1391: HB1391 Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish
A Georgia House bill would create a new specialty license plate honoring public safety officers, with proceeds from plate sales going to the Georgia Public Safety Foundation, Inc.
HB1375: HB1375 Hall County; State Court; judges; restate provisions
House Bill 1375 rewrites the law governing the State Court of Hall County, keeping three judges until January 1, 2028, then adding a fourth judge and setting new pay and chief judge rules.
HB1367: HB1367 Fulton County; appointment of a certain number of board members in the case of vacancies on the board; provide
A House bill would change how vacancies are filled on the board that runs Fulton County's community improvement districts, limiting board-appointed members and requiring special elections in some cases.
HB1379: HB1379 Foreign Funding Transparency and Accountability Act; enact
A new Georgia law requires the University System of Georgia, technical colleges, and public schools to annually report funding of $10,000 or more from certain foreign countries, organizations, and individuals labeled 'sources of concern.'
HB1359: HB1359 Brooks County; board of elections and registration; expand to five members
House Bill 1359 would expand the Brooks County Board of Elections and Registration from its current size to five members and change how those members are appointed, effective January 1, 2027.
HB1344: HB1344 Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact
House Bill 1344 is a wide-ranging insurance law overhaul in Georgia that raises fraud and rate-violation penalties, sets new rules for storm claims and aerial-photo cancellations, creates a storm mitigation grant program, and protects judges' personal information, effective January 1, 2027.
HB1317: HB1317 Fort Oglethorpe, City of; levy an excise tax
House Bill 1317 lets the City of Fort Oglethorpe raise its hotel and motel excise tax to as much as 8 percent, with the extra money earmarked for tourism promotion and tourism-related projects.
HB1340: HB1340 Hall County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; homestead exemption; increase income cap
House Bill 1340 would raise the income limit for Hall County school district's senior citizen property tax break and create a new, larger tax exemption for residents 66 and older, pending voter approval in a November 2026 referendum.
HB1341: HB1341 Hall County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide homestead exemption
House Bill 1341 would create a new $10,000 homestead exemption from Hall County's property taxes for county purposes, pending voter approval in a November 2026 referendum.
SB500: SB500 Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base; expand to include data from licensed health care professionals
Senate Bill 500 expands Georgia's Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base into a broader Health Care Workforce Data Base that collects data on licensed health professionals well beyond mental health and substance use treatment providers.