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.
HB1463: HB1463 Motor vehicles; peer-to-peer car-sharing program; add damage to the owner's vehicle to the program's liability
House Bill 1463 would require Georgia's peer-to-peer car-sharing programs, like Turo, to cover damage to the vehicle owner's car during a rental period, not just injuries or damage to other people.
HB1469: HB1469 Crimes; restriction and seal of certain records upon sentencing of a first conditional discharge for possession of controlled substances and certain nonviolent property crimes; provide
A Georgia House bill would let people getting a first-offense conditional discharge for drug possession or certain nonviolent property crimes have their court and police records sealed from public view unless that discharge is later revoked.
HB1466: HB1466 Alcoholic beverages; satellite tasting rooms operated by brewers; provide
A Georgia House bill would let beer brewers open up to two satellite tasting rooms away from their main brewery, where they could sell their beer directly to customers and also serve other alcoholic drinks under a separate retail license.
HB1455: HB1455 Labor, Department of; review and validate employment status of 1099 tax returns filed by employers on behalf of employees; establish a commission
A Georgia House bill would create a state commission inside the Department of Labor to review whether employers correctly classify workers as independent contractors on IRS Form 1099 tax filings.
HB1464: HB1464 Labor, Department of; review and validate employment status of 1099 tax returns filed by employers on behalf of employees; establish a commission
A Georgia House bill would create a state commission to randomly review at least 50,000 IRS Form 1099 tax filings each year to check whether employers correctly classified workers as independent contractors.
HR1503: HR1503 General Assembly; expend or authorize expenditure of public funds for Georgia Property Tax Fairness Fund; provide by law - CA
A proposed Georgia constitutional amendment would create a Georgia Property Tax Fairness Fund to cut income and property tax bills for homeowners, and would raise the cap on the state's homestead tax relief benefit from $18,000 to $150,000 of home value.
HB1454: HB1454 Crimes and offenses; firearms and carrying and possession of firearms and other weapons; revise various laws
A House committee substitute for HB 1454 would tighten Georgia's ban on gun owner databases, let landowners with five or more acres allow firearm discharge despite local ordinances, and require regular public auction or disposal of unclaimed police firearms.
HR1504: HR1504 General Assembly; provide by general law for an income tax system; require - CA
A Georgia House resolution would ask voters to amend the state Constitution to require a progressive individual income tax system instead of the current cap on the top income tax rate, under a proposal called the 'Tax the Rich Act'.
HR1475: HR1475 Joint Study Committee on Modified Exhaust Systems on Motor Vehicles; create
A House resolution would create a seven-member joint legislative committee to study how Georgia regulates loud, modified vehicle exhaust systems and whether the law needs clearer enforcement standards.
HB1468: HB1468 Georgia Property Tax Fairness Fund; create
A Georgia House bill would create a new state fund, paid for by data center sales tax collections and insurance premium taxes, to give income tax credits to homeowners and renters facing high housing costs, but only if voters approve a constitutional amendment in November 2026.
HB1456: HB1456 Crimes and offenses; protective orders or consent agreements for victims against persons who have committed acts of sexual assault; provide
A Georgia House bill would let victims of sexual assault ask a court for a protective order against their attacker, similar to existing family violence protective orders, and would make violating such an order a crime.
HB1459: HB1459 Local government; allow governing authority of any county or municipal corporation to hold meetings by teleconference
A Georgia House bill would let county and city governing bodies hold official meetings by teleconference, as long as the public can watch and comment remotely, at least for zoning hearings and certain committee meetings.
HB1467: HB1467 Elections; motor-voter applications shall be opt-in instead of opt-out; provide
A Georgia House bill would change the state's motor-voter system so applying for or renewing a driver's license no longer automatically registers you to vote unless you actively opt in.
HB1428: HB1428 Georgia Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board; retain certain incidental funds generated by certain fees; authorize
A Georgia House bill would let the Georgia Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board keep certain small fees it collects, such as charges for license verifications and identification cards, instead of sending all of them to the state treasury.
HB1451: HB1451 Community Affairs, Department of; local governments and nonprofit organizations to incentivize households to relocate from outside this state to local governments in this state; provide
House Bill 1451 would let Georgia's Department of Community Affairs award grants to local governments and nonprofits that run programs paying out-of-state households to move to Georgia communities.
HB1447: HB1447 Local government; comprehensive efficiency review of local taxing bodies; provide
A Georgia House bill would require cities, counties, school systems, and other local taxing bodies to conduct an efficiency review every ten years and report the results to the state, with grant funding at stake for those that skip it.
HB1429: HB1429 Courts; juvenile court clerks collect and submit data regarding monetary sanctions assessed for juvenile offenders to the Administrative Office of the Courts; require
A House Judiciary Committee substitute for HB 1429 would require Georgia juvenile court clerks to collect detailed data on kids' cases, including any fines or fees, and report it to the state courts office.
HB1436: HB1436 Georgia Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act; enact
A Georgia House bill would cut off state grants to local governments that let judges release people charged with certain violent crimes without requiring cash bail or collateral.
HB1403: HB1403 Courts; service by judges, justices, court officers, and other individuals as a judge advocate in certain capacities; provide
A Georgia House bill would make clear that judges, court clerks, and other court officers can serve as judge advocates or in other roles in a military reserve unit or state militia without restriction.
HB1414: HB1414 Limited liability companies; permit creation of protected series and registered series
A Georgia House bill would let limited liability companies (LLCs) split themselves into separate internal divisions, called protected series or registered series, each with its own assets and legal liability shield.