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Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 28, 2025 · Introduced
Property; landlord and tenant; security deposits; provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would require landlords to give tenants an itemized list of all lease-related fees, along with the existing damage list, before collecting a security deposit.
House Bill 687 By: Representatives Crawford of the 89th, Oliver of the 84th, Willis of the 55th, Draper of the 90th, and Frye of the 122nd A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to security deposits, so as to provide that prior to tendering a security deposit, the tenant...
SECTION 1. Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to security deposits, is amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 44-7-33, relating to lists of existing defects and of damages during tenancy, inspection of premises by landlord upon termination of lease and vacation or surrender of premises, right...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 12, 2025 · Passed
Insurance, Department of; efficiency in the practices; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 410 changes how the Georgia Department of Insurance processes paperwork for insurers, fraternal benefit societies, and insurance agencies, cutting newspaper publication requirements, triplicate filings, and branch office licensing.
House Bill 410 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives DeLoach of the 167th, Lumsden of the 12th, and Williamson of the 112th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for efficiency in the practices of the Department of Insurance; to revise the statutory...
SECTION 1. Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, is amended in Chapter 3, relating to authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, by revising subsection (b) of Code Section 33-3-8, relating to requirements as to deposit of securities generally, as follows: "(b)(1) Except as otherwise provided in...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 12, 2025 · Passed
Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 160 creates a new limited driving permit that lets some Georgia drivers whose licenses are suspended for reckless stunt driving keep driving legally if they install a speed-limiting device in their car, and sets up licensing rules for the companies that install and monitor those devices.
SECTION 5. Said title is further amended in Chapter 8, relating to probation, by adding a new article to read as follows: "ARTICLE 8 42-8-130. (a) As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Intelligent speed assistance device' means a constant monitoring device certified by the commissioner to be installed within a motor vehicle to actively monitor and prevent...
(3) Provide a continuous surety bond in the principal sum of $10,000.00 for the protection of the contractual rights of individuals required to maintain an ignition interlock device or intelligent speed assistance device in such form as will meet with the approval of the department and written by a company authorized to do business in this state; provided,...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 26, 2025 · Introduced
Department of Human Services; adopt and implement affordable family housing assistance programs; authorize local governments
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would let counties, cities, and consolidated governments create local affordable housing assistance programs, funded through dedicated trust funds and overseen by the state Division of Family and Children Services.
(1) Construct, rehabilitate, or otherwise make available to the public multiple single-family residential dwellings, each of which will constitute affordable family housing, or one or more multifamily structures whose individual residential dwelling units will constitute affordable family housing; (2) Reserve at least 40 percent of such constructed or...
(10) 'Multifamily structure' means a building, other than a townhouse, that contains four or more individual residential dwelling units, each of which is designed exclusively for use and occupation by one family. (11) 'Single-family residential dwelling' means: (A) A building that contains one residential dwelling unit and that is designed exclusively for...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 26, 2025 · Introduced
Landlord and Tenant; requiring tenants to provide income information; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would rewrite landlord-tenant law to bar landlords from requiring high income levels from voucher holders, let tenants withhold rent for unrepaired conditions, and ban retaliation and housing discrimination.
(2) Prohibited actions under this Code section include, but are not limited to: (A) Using different provisions in leases or contracts of sale, such as those relating to rental charges, security deposits, and the terms of a lease and those relating to down payment and closing requirements, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status,...
SECTION 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 11, 2025 · Passed
Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 399 would require out-of-state landlords who own single-family or duplex rental homes in Georgia to have a licensed broker, and an in-state staff member if that broker doesn't live in Georgia, to handle tenant maintenance complaints.
(8) Any person employed on a full-time basis by the owner of property for the purpose of providing property management services or community association management services, selling, buying, leasing, managing, auctioning, or otherwise dealing with such property; (8.1) Any person employed on a full-time basis by a community association for the purpose of...
(11) Any person who provides property management services on properties available for less than 90 days' occupancy by guests or occupants and meets all of the following conditions: (A) The property manager enters into a written agreement with the owner specifying all terms and conditions under which the property is to be managed, the reporting of income and...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · March 3, 2025 · Introduced
Landlord and tenant; limitations on rent increases for seniors and veterans; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 707 would cap yearly rent increases for senior and veteran tenants on fixed incomes in Georgia, limiting hikes to whichever is lower: 5% plus inflation, or 10%.
SECTION 1. Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "44-7-25. (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Dwelling unit' means a structure, or a room or group of rooms within a structure, that is used as a primary residence by a tenant....
SECTION 2. This Act shall apply to residential lease agreements that are entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2025.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 12, 2026 · Introduced
Transactional Gold and Silver Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would recognize gold and silver as legal tender in the state, create a state bullion depository and electronic payment system, and exempt gold and silver transactions from state taxes.
(c) The rules and regulations established pursuant to this Code section shall ensure: (1) The bullion depository is: (A) Secure; (B) Transparent to account holders; and (C) Accessible for use by any person; (2) The electronic payment system is: (A) Reliable; and (B) Complies with applicable state and federal laws and rules and regulations promulgated...
House Bill 1306 By: Representatives Jones of the 25th, Cox of the 28th, Chastain of the 7th, Bonner of the 73rd, and Cannon of the 172nd A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 5A of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Office of State Treasurer, so as to provide for gold and silver specie as legal tender; to provide for...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · January 27, 2026 · Engrossed
"Transactional Gold and Silver Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would recognize gold and silver as legal tender in the state, create a Bullion Depository Commission to run a storage and electronic payment system, and exempt gold and silver transactions from state taxes.
(c) The rules and regulations established pursuant to this Code section shall ensure: (1) The bullion depository is: (A) Secure; (B) Transparent to account holders; and (C) Accessible for use by any person; (2) The electronic payment system is: (A) Reliable; and (B) Complies with applicable state and federal laws and rules and regulations promulgated...
Senate Bill 424 By: Senators Harbin of the 16th, Anavitarte of the 31st, Summers of the 13th, Brass of the 6th, Burns of the 23rd and others AS PASSED SENATE A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 5A of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Office of State Treasurer, so as to provide for gold and silver specie as legal...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 6, 2025 · Introduced
Workforce and Residential Infrastructure District for Georgia Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 317 would create a new type of local government called a community development district in Georgia, letting developers and landowners set up special districts that can borrow money, levy taxes, and build infrastructure like roads, water systems, and sewers for new developments.
(3) If a board determines to issue general obligation bonds for more than one capital project, the approval of the issuance of the bonds for each and all such projects may be submitted to the electors on one and the same ballot. The failure of the electors to approve the issuance of bonds for any one or more capital projects shall not defeat the approval of...
(l) Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds may contain such covenants as a board deems advisable, and all such covenants shall constitute valid and legally binding and enforceable contracts between a district and the bondholders, regardless of the time of issuance thereof. Such covenants may include, without limitation, covenants concerning the...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 13, 2025 · Passed
Banking and finance; update terminology; provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 15 rewrites a large set of technical rules in Georgia's banking and finance code, touching credit unions, mortgage lenders and brokers, foreign banks, and merchant acquirer banks. It updates licensing, background check, audit, and capital requirements across those industries.
SECTION 26. Said title is further amended in said article by revising Code Section 7-1-1121, relating to notice of uninsured deposits, as follows: "7-1-1121. Each foreign bank licensed to establish and maintain a Georgia state branch or Georgia state agency shall give clear and conspicuous notice consistent with 12 C.F.R. 347.207 that deposits and credit...
SECTION 27. Said title is further amended in said article by revising Code Section 7-1-1123, relating to value of assets and deposits, minimum requirements, and reporting, as follows: "7-1-1123. (a) A foreign bank licensed to establish and maintain a Georgia state branch or Georgia state agency shall be required to keep dollar deposits or investment...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 13, 2025 · Introduced
State Depository Board; allow the state treasurer to invest in Bitcoin; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 178 would let Georgia's State Depository Board allow the state treasurer to invest a portion of state funds in Bitcoin, capped at 5 percent of any fund, with rules for secure storage.
SECTION 1. Article 3 of Chapter 17 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state depositories, is amended by revising subsection (b) of Code Section 50-17-63, relating to deposit of demand funds, investment of funds, reports, remittance of interest earned, motor fuel tax revenues, as follows: "(b) All departments, boards, bureaus,...
country and for which the full faith and credit of such government has been pledged for the payment of principal and interest, provided that such securities are listed as investment grade by a nationally recognized rating agency; Bitcoin, as such term is defined in Code Section 50-17-68; or obligations issued, assumed, or guaranteed by the International...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 27, 2025 · Introduced
Health; transfer all authorities and responsibilities relating to environmental health from county boards of health to Department of Public Health
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 665 would shift all environmental health powers, from septic system permits to food and water safety inspections, away from Georgia's county boards of health and into the state Department of Public Health, effective January 1, 2028 if funded.
(2) In order to protect the public from damages arising from any work by a certified septic tank installer or certified septic tank pumper that fails to comply with any state construction codes or with the ordinances or building and construction codes adopted by any county or municipal corporation, any such certified septic tank installer or certified...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 21, 2025 · Passed
Cleveland, City of; provide new charter
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 592 rewrites the entire city charter for Cleveland, Georgia, spelling out how the mayor, city council, city manager, courts, and finances of the White County city are organized and run.
(d) The municipal court shall have authority to establish a schedule of fees to defray the cost of operation, and shall be entitled to reimbursement of the cost of meals, transportation, and caretaking of prisoners bound over to superior courts for violations of state law. (e) The municipal court shall have authority to establish bail and recognizances to...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 11, 2026 · Engrossed
Georgia Charter School Facilities Authority; establish
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would create the Georgia Charter School Facilities Authority, a new state body that could make loans and provide financial assistance to charter school organizations for building, renovating, and repairing school facilities.
(e) Any lease agreement directly between the state or authority and a qualified charter school organization may contain provisions requiring the qualified charter school organization to perform any or all of the following: (1) Create and maintain a special fund or funds as additional security for the payment of any amounts becoming due under any agreement...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 5, 2025 · Passed
Guardian and Ward; county conservators; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 98 creates a new role of county conservator in Georgia probate law, splitting duties currently held by county guardians so that a separate county official handles property and financial matters for wards under conservatorship.
SECTION 11. Said title is further amended by revising Code Section 29-8-4, relating additional security on bond, as follows: "29-8-4. (a) If in the opinion of the court it shall become necessary for the good of any conservatorship placed or about to be placed in the hands of the county guardian conservator for the county guardian conservator to give...
SECTION 9. Said title is further amended by revising Code Section 29-8-2, relating to bond requirements, as follows: "29-8-2. In addition to the bond required in Code Section 53-6-41, county guardians conservators shall give another bond an additional bond with good security, to be judged by the court, in the sum of $5,000.00. The Such additional bond shall...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · March 11, 2025 · Passed
Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 763 creates a new joint airport authority for Bryan County and the City of Richmond Hill, giving it power to build, run, and finance public airports through revenue bonds without pledging city or county tax money.
SECTION 18. Trust indenture as security. In the discretion of the authority, any issue of such revenue bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state. Such trust indenture may pledge or assign fees,...
House Bill 763 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Stephens of the 164th, Petrea of the 166th, and Franklin of the 160th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To create and establish the Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority, a new airport authority in and for the County of Bryan and the City of Richmond Hill; to authorize such authority to...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 27, 2025 · Passed
Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner's lien
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 131 changes how self-storage facility owners in Georgia must advertise a unit before selling its contents to collect unpaid rent, allowing methods other than a single newspaper legal notice for most items.
OWNER HAS A LIEN ON ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED IN OCCUPANT'S SPACE FOR RENT, FEES FOR THE LATE PAYMENT OF RENT, LABOR, OR OTHER CHARGES, PRESENT OR FUTURE, IN RELATION TO THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND FOR ITS PRESERVATION OR EXPENSES REASONABLY INCURRED IN ITS SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT. PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED IN OCCUPANT'S SPACE...
Owner does not become a bailee of Occupant's personal property by the enforcement of Owner's lien. If Occupant has been in default continuously for thirty (30) days, Owner may enforce its lien, provided Owner shall comply with the following procedure: Occupant shall be notified of Owner's intent to enforce Owner's lien by written notice delivered in person,...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 24, 2026 · Passed
Professions and Businesses; repeal Chapter 14, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors and enact a new Chapter 14
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 553 rewrites Georgia's licensing system for electrical, plumbing, HVAC, low voltage, and utility contractors, replacing the old chapter of law with a new one and creating a 27-member state licensing board with five specialty divisions.
Any person aggrieved by 1406 an action of a local authority shall be entitled to an appeal to the appropriate division of the 1407 board and a hearing. 1408 (b)(1) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to prohibit the governing authority 1409 of any county or municipality in the state from adopting and enforcing codes at the local 1410 level;...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 9, 2026 · Passed
Clayton, City of; provide new charter
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 1246 replaces the City of Clayton's old 1909 charter with a completely new one, spelling out how the mayor, city council, city manager, and courts will run city government.
SECTION 4.13. Jurisdiction; powers. (a) The municipal court is specifically vested with all the jurisdiction and powers throughout the entire area of the City of Clayton granted by state laws generally to mayor's, recorder's and police courts, and particularly by such laws as authorize abatement of nuisances. (b) The municipal court shall have authority to...
SECTION 7.10. Bond for officers The officers and employees of the City of Clayton, both elective and appointive, shall execute such surety or fidelity bonds in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the city council may from time to time require by ordinance or as may be provided by law.
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