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.
HB1211: HB1211 Insurance; guidelines and recommendations for colorectal cancer screening, examinations, and laboratory tests; provide
A Georgia House bill would expand the list of medical guidelines insurers must follow when covering colorectal cancer screening, adding sources like the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and Medicare coverage determinations.
SB462: SB462 "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act"; insurance coverage for certain out-of-network ambulance transportation service; provide
A Georgia Senate bill would let insurance regulators order refunds of excess profits earned on private passenger auto insurance and would set new payment rules for out-of-network ground ambulance rides.
SB458: SB458 "Home Inspector Licensing Act of Georgia"; enact
A Georgia Senate bill would create a state licensing system for home inspectors and the companies that employ them, while also tightening rules on real estate wholesalers and adding a consumer member requirement to the Georgia Real Estate Commission.
HB1133: HB1133 Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties in connection with projects related to facilitating solar installations on closed landfills; authorize
House Bill 1133 would let the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority finance and manage projects that put solar panels on closed landfills, adding new legal definitions and limited liability protections for the authority.
HB1132: HB1132 Sales and use tax; exempt materials used in construction, renovation, and rehabilitation of affordable housing by purely public charities
Georgia House Bill 1132 would exempt building materials used by nonprofit charities to construct or fix up affordable, interest-free homes for first-time low-income buyers from the state sales tax.
HB1134: HB1134 Property; repossessors of motor vehicles; revise notice requirements
A Georgia Senate substitute for HB 1134 would add a legal presumption for exactly when a lawful vehicle repossession is considered complete, affecting repossession companies and vehicle owners with personal property left inside.
SB446: SB446 Student Scholarship Organizations; State of Georgia to participate in the federal tax credit program for contributions of individuals to scholarship granting organizations; provide
Georgia would formally join a new federal tax credit program that rewards individuals for donating to student scholarship organizations, with the state revenue commissioner handling the paperwork with the U.S. Treasury.
HB1087: HB1087 Disabled Veteran Home Modification Act; enact
A Georgia House bill would bar counties, cities, and other local governments from charging certified disabled veterans building fees for home modifications needed to accommodate their disability.
SB437: SB437 State Building, Plumbing, and Electrical Codes; acknowledgement of an applicant's use of a private professional provider to conduct a plan review or inspection; provide
A Georgia Senate bill would let homeowners and builders hire private licensed inspectors instead of waiting on county or city building inspectors for residential projects, with a 50 percent fee cut and set response deadlines.
HB1023: HB1023 Education; utilize weapon detection systems in certain school buildings; require local boards of education and other public school governing bodies
A Georgia Senate substitute for HB 1023 would require local school boards and other public school governing bodies to install weapon detection systems at main entrances of school buildings, starting January 1, 2028.
SR610: SR610 Senate Study Committee on Improving and Increasing Recycling; create
A Georgia Senate resolution would create a five-member study committee to examine ways to improve recycling rates and grow in-state markets for recyclable materials like glass, aluminum, plastics, and tires.
HB1027: HB1027 Local government; authorize certain long-term contracts for sale of electric power
This bill would let Georgia counties, cities, and the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia sign longer electricity contracts, up to 20 years, for solar and wind power and for deals serving very large industrial power users.
SB423: SB423 Government Transparency; campaign committees, independent committees, political action committees, and leadership committees from accepting contributions or donations from non-Georgia persons that exceed 50 percent of all contributions received; prohibit
A Georgia Senate bill, as substituted by the House, would cap out-of-state contributions to candidates and campaign committees at 50 percent of total donations and would update reporting rules for political action committees and independent committees.
HB1001: HB1001 Income tax; reduce rate of tax
House Bill 1001 would move up the date Georgia's flat income tax rate drops to 4.99 percent, cutting the rate from 5.19 percent to 4.99 percent starting January 1, 2026 instead of later.
HB963: HB963 Elections; prohibit foreign nationals from contributing to or participating in any campaign
House Bill 963 would ban foreign nationals from contributing to or directing Georgia ballot-question campaigns, and would require campaign committees to certify donors are not foreign nationals while shielding lawful donor identities from disclosure.
HB964: HB964 Revenue and taxation; state and local title ad valorem tax fee; exempt certain motor vehicles used in fire protection services for local governments
A Senate substitute to House Bill 964 would exempt certain motor vehicles and supplies used by nonprofit fire protection providers from Georgia's title tax and sales tax, and it also updates a definition used in the state's tobacco and vaping tax law.
HB970: HB970 Quality Basic Education Act; expand which healthcare professionals may conduct preparticipation physical examinations
A Georgia House bill would broaden which healthcare professionals can perform student athletes' preparticipation physical exams and require a cardiovascular prescreening starting in the 2026-2027 school year.
HB971: HB971 Quality Basic Education Act; home study students and private school students to enroll in college and career academies located in certain RESA service areas and adjacent local school systems; provide
House Bill 971 would let home study and private school students take college and career academy courses not just in their home school district, but also in the same regional service area or in a neighboring school system.
SB400: SB400 Education; unaccredited institutions from offering degrees; prohibit
A Georgia Senate bill would bar unaccredited colleges from awarding degrees, let schools use letters of credit instead of surety bonds, and tighten rules on the state's Tuition Guaranty Trust Fund for students if a school closes.
HB957: HB957 Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; provide
A Senate substitute for HB 957 would let Georgians register and drive imported miniature on-road vehicles, small foreign-market cars that typically go 25 to 65 mph, on certain Georgia streets, with new license plates, fees, and safety rules.