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.
HB1394: HB1394 Community Affairs, Department of; ensure that Rosenwald Schools are treated as historic properties
A Georgia House bill would add Rosenwald Schools to the legal definition of historic properties, making them explicitly eligible for the state's historic preservation grant program.
HB1397: HB1397 Criminal procedure; implied consent to a drug facilitated sexual assault examination for unconscious victims of alleged sexual assault; provide
A Georgia House bill would let hospitals perform forensic medical exams, including a drug facilitated sexual assault exam, on unconscious or incapacitated sexual assault victims without their explicit consent when circumstances are urgent.
HB1386: HB1386 Local government; county development authorities for certain counties shall not operate within certain municipalities; provide
A Georgia House bill would let certain cities block a county's development authority from buying or accepting property for tax incentive projects inside their city limits, aimed at counties covered almost entirely by municipalities.
HB1377: HB1377 Transit SPLOST; time limits upon recalling of an election; provisions
A Georgia House bill would bar counties from using Transit SPLOST sales tax money to offer free or reduced-fare public transit, and would require an eight-year wait before a failed transit tax vote can be put back on the ballot.
HR1392: HR1392 Ad valorem tax; qualified low-income building projects may be classified as a separate class of property; provide - CA
A Georgia House resolution would ask voters to amend the state constitution so that qualified low-income housing projects can be taxed as their own separate property class, with different rates and assessment rules than other property.
HB1363: HB1363 Education; authorize public schools and postsecondary educational institutions to consider antisemitism in the same manner as discrimination based on religion
A House committee substitute for HB 1363 would bar discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion in Georgia's public schools, colleges, and technical colleges, and set up new complaint and enforcement systems, including possible loss of state funding.
HB1380: HB1380 Special license plates; International Symbol of Access; provide issuance to current and former members of the General Assembly for qualified applicants
A House bill would let current and former Georgia legislators who qualify for disability parking privileges get a special license plate combining the General Assembly plate design with the International Symbol of Access.
HB1318: HB1318 Labor and industrial relations; actuarial study on state based paid family and medical leave insurance program; provide
A Georgia House bill would direct the Department of Labor to hire an outside actuary to study the cost and design of a state paid family and medical leave insurance program, with results due by early 2027.
HB1327: HB1327 Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement; provide
A Georgia House bill would require public and private K-12 schools to install exterior key boxes so local police can quickly get into locked buildings during emergencies, unless the school already has a similar rapid-access plan.
HB1332: HB1332 Georgia Buy American Medicine Act; enact
A Georgia House bill would require hospitals and clinics that receive state funds to favor American-made prescription drugs over foreign-made drugs when they are reasonably available, with several exceptions.
HB1309: HB1309 Practitioners; clarify that all who dispense drugs are engaged in the practice of pharmacy and shall comply with all record keeping and other requirements
HB 1309 would require any licensed practitioner of the healing arts, such as dentists, optometrists, physicians, podiatrists, and veterinarians, who dispenses drugs to follow the same recordkeeping and storage rules as pharmacists, and would broaden physicians' power to let advanced practice nurses and physician assistants dispense dangerous drugs.
HB1299: HB1299 Health; allow hospital authorities to acquire, develop, operate, or equip certain outpatient healthcare facilities
HB 1299 would let Georgia hospital authorities in rural counties partner with physician groups to build outpatient care centers, with the hospital authority keeping majority ownership.
HB1262: HB1262 Insurance; increase amount of monetary penalties authorized to impose for certain violations of the Georgia Insurance Code
A Georgia House bill would raise the maximum fines the Insurance Commissioner can impose on insurers and licensees for violations of mental health parity rules, general insurance law, surprise billing rules, and prepaid legal services plan rules.
HB1269: HB1269 Quality Basic Education Act; content standards for digital literacy instruction; provide
A House substitute bill would require Georgia public schools to teach digital literacy and online safety to students in kindergarten through twelfth grade starting in the 2027-2028 school year, with the state developing model curricula and an annual report.
HB1260: HB1260 Local government; cessation of payment of salary, compensation, and expenses to members of county and municipal governing authorities who fail to certify completion of mandatory training; provide
A Georgia House bill would cut off pay for county and city elected officials who do not complete required training courses, until they file proof of completion.
HB1244: HB1244 Education; duty-free lunch period and planning period requirements; provisions
A House committee substitute would tighten Georgia's law on teacher lunch and planning periods, limiting when schools can require teachers to supervise students during that time and blocking local waivers of the requirement.
HB1223: HB1223 Local government; provide exemption from disclosing audio and video recordings captured by law enforcement when such recordings depict a person's death
A Georgia House bill would let state and local government agencies withhold audio and video recordings that show a person's death, with limited exceptions for next of kin and court-ordered release.
HB1206: HB1206 Education; require local boards of education and other public school governing bodies to consider total cost of ownership and related factors when purchasing school technology devices
A House bill would require Georgia's local school boards to weigh long-term repair costs and resale value before buying classroom technology like computers and tablets, and to report device repair data to the state each year.
HB1177: HB1177 Development authorities; certain affordable housing uses of property qualify as projects; provide
A Georgia House bill would let local development authorities treat certain affordable housing projects as economic development projects, allowing them to build or finance housing for lower-income workers.
HB1135: HB1135 Education; participate in federal tax credit program for contributions of individuals to scholarship granting organizations; provide
A House substitute bill would have Georgia opt into a new federal tax credit for individuals who donate to scholarship granting organizations, with the state revenue commissioner handling the federal paperwork starting in 2027.