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.
HB1603: HB1603 Georgia Entertainment Artificial Intelligence Accountability and Performer Protection Act; enact
A Georgia House bill would require companies to get written consent from actors, voice actors, and other performers before creating AI-generated digital replicas of their likeness, and would let performers sue over violations.
HR1860: HR1860 House Study Committee on Comprehensive Services and Long-term Outcomes for Individuals with Disabilities; create
A House resolution would create a study committee to examine how well Georgia's programs and services serve people with disabilities, from Medicaid waivers to school transitions and long-term care planning.
SB628: SB628 Richmond County and City of Augusta; council-manager form of government; provide
A Senate bill would let Augusta-Richmond County voters decide whether to create a new county manager position and shift day-to-day government operations from the mayor and commission to that appointed manager.
SR978: SR978 Senate Study Committee on Higher Education Funding; create
A Senate resolution would create a six-member Senate Study Committee on Higher Education Funding to examine how Georgia funds its public colleges and technical colleges, with a report due by December 2026.
SR952: SR952 Senate Rosenwald Schools Study Committee; create
A Georgia Senate resolution creates a five-member Senate study committee to examine the history and impact of Rosenwald schools, which educated Black children across the state in the early 1900s.
SR927: SR927 Senate Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications Study Committee; create
A Georgia Senate resolution would create a study committee to examine pharmacy benefits managers and how their practices affect patients' access to prescription drugs and to independent pharmacies across the state.
SR925: SR925 Senate Study Committee on a Museum of African American History and Culture of Georgia; create
A Senate resolution creates a five-member Senate Study Committee on a Museum of African American History and Culture of Georgia, tasked with studying how to preserve and promote African American history in the state.
HB1522: HB1522 Clayton County Water Authority; fix compensation and reimbursement of expenses for members; authorize
A House bill would let the Clayton County Water Authority's own board set pay and expense reimbursements for its members, replacing the current arrangement under the authority's 1955 charter.
HB1523: HB1523 Sumter County Public Facilities Authority; create
A House bill would create the Sumter County Public Facilities Authority, a new local government body empowered to build public facilities and issue revenue bonds to pay for them.
SR890: SR890 Senate Study Committee on Protecting Free and Fair Markets in Georgia; create
A Senate resolution would create a five-member Senate Study Committee on Protecting Free and Fair Markets in Georgia to examine antitrust enforcement, corporate ownership of homes, and market concentration in agriculture, housing, and technology.
SR882: SR882 Department of Community Affairs; to refrain from adopting the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code in order to protect housing affordability and maintain the current energy code framework of this state; urge
A Georgia Senate resolution urges the Department of Community Affairs to keep using the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code instead of adopting the newer 2024 version, citing home construction costs.
HR1445: HR1445 Georgia Building Authority team; continued historical preservation of the Georgia State Capitol; urge
A Georgia House resolution honors the Georgia Building Authority team for restoring the State Capitol and discovering original Andrew Carnegie steel in its structure, and urges continued preservation of the building.
HB1413: HB1413 Georgia Student Finance Authority; establish a needs based scholarship program for students at eligible public and private postsecondary institutions
A Senate substitute for HB 1413 would create a new need-based DREAMS college scholarship for Georgia public university and technical college students, raise the savings limit for Georgia's 529-style college savings plan, and require public higher education campuses to stock opioid overdose reversal medication.
HB1393: HB1393 Hospitals; allow rural hospitals to join together to allow further purchasing power with third-party payors but retain their independence
A Senate substitute for HB 1393 would eliminate Georgia's certificate of need requirement for almost all healthcare facilities while keeping it for skilled nursing facilities, and would let rural hospital authorities merge, share services, and jointly negotiate with insurers with limited antitrust immunity.
SB515: SB515 "Quality Basic Education Act"; grants for educational programs; provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; revise
A Senate bill would raise the cap on Georgia's teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program from 1,000 to 1,200 teachers per year, lower the credit for new participants after 2026, and rewrite the state's conservation land donation tax credit rules.
SR789: SR789 Senate Study Committee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence; create
A Georgia Senate resolution would create a five-member Senate Study Committee to examine how artificial intelligence is affecting Georgia's film, television, and creative writing industries.
HB1274: HB1274 Auto Insurance Excess Profits Act; enact
A Georgia Senate substitute for HB 1274 would let the Insurance Commissioner order refunds of excess profits from auto insurers, set new rules for out-of-network ambulance billing, and create new life insurance policyholder protections.
HB1263: HB1263 Insurance; premiums made within three years of payment to the Commissioner; provide for a claim for a refund of certain fees and taxes
A Senate substitute for HB 1263 would exempt cancer treatment facilities, equipment, and services from Georgia's certificate of need law, with conditions on reporting, charity care, and distance from existing hospitals.
HB1259: HB1259 Education; prohibit virtual instruction to out-of-system students if the local school system has a College and Career Ready Performance Index below the state average
A Georgia House bill would bar local school systems with low College and Career Ready Performance Index scores from offering virtual instruction to students who live outside the district, and would stop those students from counting toward equalization funding.
HB1220: HB1220 Education; student eligibility and maximum scholarship amounts; revise provisions
A Georgia House bill would expand who can qualify for private school scholarships funded through the state's student scholarship organization tax credit program, adding military families and students with disabilities, and would raise scholarship caps for those students above the usual state per-student average.