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.
SB597: SB597 "Student Legal Literacy and Life Skills Education Act"; enact
A Georgia Senate bill would require all public high school students to complete a half-credit course on legal rights and life skills, such as dealing with police and understanding leases and job contracts, before graduating.
SB590: SB590 Animal Protection; protections for dogs possessed for breeding purposes; strengthen
A Georgia Senate bill would set new minimum care standards for commercial dog breeders and cap the number of dogs any person can keep for breeding purposes at 30.
SB595: SB595 State Board of Education; establish a student personal development and career readiness program; authorize
A Georgia Senate bill would let the State Board of Education create a student personal development and career readiness program, using approved outside providers to offer mental health support and life skills training in public schools.
SB600: SB600 "Georgia Corporate Power Reset Act"; enact
A Georgia Senate bill called the 'Georgia Corporate Power Reset Act' would strip business corporations, nonprofits, partnerships, and LLCs of any power to spend money on elections or ballot measures, limiting them to only the powers state law expressly grants.
SR867: SR867 Possibilities Unlimited for Women, Inc.; recognize
A Georgia Senate resolution formally recognizes Possibilities Unlimited for Women, Inc., a nonprofit that supports survivors of domestic violence, for its work helping women rebuild their lives.
SB577: SB577 "Coordinated PFAS Remediation Act"; enact
A Georgia Senate bill would take away local governments' power to sue over PFAS ('forever chemical') contamination and give the state's Environmental Protection Division exclusive control over those lawsuits and any settlement money.
SB578: SB578 DeKalb County; board of education; the description of the education districts; change
A Senate bill would redraw the seven DeKalb County school board election districts using new census data and change the seventh seat to a chairperson elected countywide, subject to voter approval in a November 2026 referendum.
SR862: SR862 Jakes, Sydney; congratulate
A Georgia Senate resolution congratulates Sydney Jakes, a Georgia attorney and community leader, for receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award.
SR855: SR855 Georgia Academy of Audiology; recognize
A Georgia Senate resolution honors the Georgia Academy of Audiology, a statewide association of audiologists, for its work treating hearing and balance disorders and its role in health care policy.
SR874: SR874 Johnson, Rita Celeste; recognize
A Georgia Senate resolution formally recognizes Rita Celeste Johnson, a former Spaulding County commissioner and Griffin businesswoman, for her public service and community leadership.
SB579: SB579 "Government Serves the People Act"; enact
A Georgia Senate bill would create a new state official inside the Georgia Technology Authority to oversee how state agencies deliver services to residents, and require every agency to name its own service delivery lead.
SB580: SB580 Property; the minimum amount required for a foreclosure on a lien on a property under the "Georgia Condominium Act" and the "Georgia Property Owners' Association Act"; increase
A Georgia Senate bill would raise the minimum lien amount required before a condominium or homeowners' association can foreclose on a property, from $2,000 to $20,000.
SR873: SR873 HBCU AWARE FEST Day; recognize March 26, 2026
A Georgia Senate resolution recognizes March 26, 2026 as HBCU AWAREFEST Day at the state capitol, honoring a national initiative focused on student debt and college access at historically Black colleges and universities.
SB588: SB588 Labor and Industrial Relations, Revenue and Taxation, and Social Services; certain protections of caregivers; provide
A Georgia Senate bill would let employees use up to 15 days of earned sick leave a year to care for family members, triple the state's caregiver tax credit, and stop spousal caregivers from losing other benefits.
SR857: SR857 Oscher, Jon; condolences
A Georgia Senate resolution formally honors the life of Jon Oscher, a Georgia Tech alumnus and cable television industry pioneer who died on February 19, 2026, and expresses condolences to his family.
SR858: SR858 Mackson, Irene Brown; recognize
A Georgia Senate resolution formally recognizes and commends Irene Brown Mackson, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran and Georgia Department of Veterans Service employee, for her decades of public service.
SB582: SB582 Coroners; the pronouncement of death by paramedics and emergency medical technicians; authorize
A Georgia Senate bill would let paramedics and emergency medical technicians pronounce a person dead when a coroner or medical examiner has delegated that authority to them.
SB585: SB585 Rates, Underwriting, and Related Organizations; certain disclosures in property and casualty insurance rate filings concerning climate related risk, catastrophe modeling, and reinsurance costs; require
A Georgia Senate bill would require property and casualty insurers to disclose how they use climate risk models and catastrophe data in rate filings, and would require rate discounts for homeowners who take steps to reduce disaster risk.
SR869: SR869 Newton, Mayor Craig L. recognize
A Georgia Senate resolution formally recognizes and commends Craig L. Newton, the mayor of Norcross, for his years of public service to the city and the state.
SR868: SR868 Richard Keith "Rick" Worley Memorial Intersection; Catoosa County; dedicate
A Georgia Senate resolution would name the intersection of State Route 3/US-41 and Chapman Road in Catoosa County the Richard Keith "Rick" Worley Memorial Intersection, honoring a local businessman and community volunteer.