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Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 18, 2025 · Introduced
Crimes and offenses; add certain facilities of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority to the locations in which the carrying of weapons or long guns is prohibited
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would add certain fenced facilities of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority to the list of places where carrying weapons or long guns is banned under state law.
House Bill 472 By: Representatives Jasperse of the 11th, Crowe of the 118th, Stephens of the 164th, Holcomb of the 101st, New of the 40th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 16-11-127 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying weapons or long guns in unauthorized locations, so as to add certain facilities of...
SECTION 1. Code Section 16-11-127 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying weapons or long guns in unauthorized locations, is amended in subsection (b) by striking "or" at the end of paragraph (6), by replacing the period with "; or" at the end of paragraph (7), and by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "(8) Within facilities...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · March 26, 2026 · Introduced
Weapons Carry Licenses; certain Code sections regarding the carry of weapons; provide an exception
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would add anyone holding a valid weapons carry license to the list of people exempt from certain restrictions on carrying weapons in specific locations under state law.
Senate Bill 632 By: Senator Bearden of the 30th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to provide an exception to certain Code sections regarding the carry of weapons for persons who have weapons carry licenses; to...
SECTION 1. Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, is amended by revising paragraphs (15) and (16) of subsection (a) and by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "(15) Clerks of the superior courts; and (16) Constables employed by a magistrate court of...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 24, 2025 · Introduced
Georgia Gun Safe Act of 2025; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 601, the Georgia Gun Safe Act of 2025, would rewrite large parts of Georgia's gun laws, adding new bans, storage rules, a firearms registry, waiting periods and license changes affecting gun owners, sellers, minors and peace officers statewide.
(i) Carrying a weapon without a weapons carry license in violation of Code Section 16-11-126; or (ii) Carrying carrying a weapon or long gun in an unauthorized location in violation of Code Section 16-11-127 and has not been free of all restraint or supervision in connection therewith and free of any other conviction for at least five years immediately...
SECTION 9. Said article is further amended in said part by repealing in its entirety Code Section 16-11-130.1, relating to allowing personnel to carry weapons within certain school safety zones and at school functions, and designating said Code section as reserved.
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 25, 2026 · Passed
Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; the establishment of an animal cruelty database; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would create a public, searchable animal cruelty database run by the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, and would let courts order the location of moved child or elder abuse victims during open investigations.
SECTION 1. Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes against the person, is amended by adding a new subsection to Code Section 16-5-70, relating to cruelty to children, to read as follows: "(f) Where there is an open investigation relating to an alleged offense in violation of this Code section, and the child is...
SECTION 2. Said chapter is further amended by adding a new subsection to Code Section 16-5-102, relating to exploitation and intimidation of disabled adults, elder persons, and residents, and obstruction of investigation, to read as follows: "(d) Where there is an open investigation relating to an alleged offense in violation of this Code section, and the...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 2, 2026 · Introduced
Crimes; offense of unlawful possession of parts of a machine gun; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would make it a crime to possess parts that could be used to build or convert a gun into a machine gun, punishable by one to five years in prison, with an exemption for federally licensed manufacturers.
SECTION 2. Said part is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "16-11-123.1. (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'possession' means actual or constructive custody or control, including, but not limited to, manufacturing, obtaining, receiving, selling, offering for sale, or using. (b) No person shall have in his or her...
SECTION 3. Said part is further amended in Code Section 16-11-124, relating to exemptions from application of part, by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "(6) A manufacturer licensed and qualified to manufacture and maintain an inventory of machine guns under the Gun Control Act of 1968, 82 Stat. 1213-2 (18 U.S.C. Sections 921-934) and National...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 3, 2025 · Passed
"Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 79, the "Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act," creates a separate Georgia trafficking offense for fentanyl with its own weight thresholds and mandatory minimum prison terms, and updates related laws that reference drug trafficking.
nor more than 15 years and a fine of not less than $125,000.00 nor more than $250,000.00. (C) If a judge reduces the sentencing court departs from the mandatory minimum sentence pursuant to this paragraph, the judge such court shall specify on the record the circumstances for the reduction such departure and the interests served by such departure. Any such...
Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, is amended in Code Section 16-11-106, relating to possession of firearm or knife during commission of or attempt to commit certain crimes, by revising paragraph (5) of subsection (b) as follows: "(5) Any crime involving the trafficking of cocaine, marijuana, or illegal...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 27, 2025 · Engrossed
Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Senate committee substitute for HB 127 would bar Georgia public school districts and public colleges from promoting or maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, despite the bill's original title about teacher sick leave.
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section shall not apply to any policy, rule, regulation, or practice adopted or enforced by a local education agency or postsecondary institution relating to an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletics program or to the design, designation, or use of a multiple occupancy restroom or changing area. (d)...
SECTION 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025, and shall apply beginning with the 2025-2026 school year with respect to local education agencies and the 2025-2026 academic year with respect to postsecondary institutions.
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 10, 2025 · Introduced
Contracts with Small Businesses; automatic renewal provisions; definitions; provide and revise
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 127 would extend Georgia's automatic renewal notification law to cover small businesses, not just individual consumers, when they sign service contracts that automatically renew.
The Senate Committee on Regulated Industries and Utilities offered the following substitute to SB 127: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, so as to make certain disclosure and notification requirements concerning automatic renewal provisions applicable to service contracts with...
SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 18, 2025 · Introduced
True Campus Safety Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 469 would repeal Georgia laws that let certain school personnel carry weapons in school safety zones and at school functions, undoing an exception in the state's weapons law.
SECTION 2. Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, is amended by repealing and reserving paragraph (6) of subsection (c) of Code Section 16-11-127.1, relating to carrying weapons within school safety zones, at school functions, or on a bus or other...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 30, 2025 · Introduced
Firearms; storage within a motor vehicle or vessel; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 207 would require Georgians who are not carrying a firearm on their person to keep it locked up when it's in a car or boat, instead of allowing free storage as current law does, and would apply that same locked-storage rule to the school safety zone exceptions.
SECTION 1. Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, is amended by revising subsections (a) through (c) and subsections (g) and (h) of Code Section 16-11-126, relating to having or carrying handguns, long guns, or other weapons, exceptions for homes, motor...
SECTION 2. Said part is further amended in Code Section 16-11-127.1, relating to carrying weapons within school safety zones, at school functions, or on a bus or other transportation furnished by a school, by revising paragraphs (7), (8), and (17) of subsection (c) as follows: "(7) A lawful weapons carrier when such person carries or picks up a student...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 20, 2026 · Passed
Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would make certain pimping and pandering offenses felonies for every offense, ending the current rule that let a first offense be treated as a lesser misdemeanor.
SECTION 1. Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, is amended by revising subsection (a) as follows: "(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a A person convicted of violating: (1) Code Section 16-6-10 shall be punished as for a...
SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 11, 2026 · Passed
Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 1277 would raise the cost threshold that triggers state environmental review for public road and airport projects from $100 million to $200 million, change several Department of Transportation reporting rules, and adjust electric vehicle charging definitions.
(v) Such further information as the department or the county or municipality may deem advisable as in the public interest. (2)(A) Such Any sale of property pursuant to this subsection may be made by the department or a county or municipality by listing the property through a real estate broker licensed under Chapter 40 of Title 43 who has a place of...
If the highest offer received to purchase such property is less than the appraised value of the property but within 15 percent of such value, the department, county, or municipality may accept such offer and convey the property in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this Code section. (B) The department, county, or municipality shall provide...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 12, 2025 · Passed
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): This annual Code Revision Commission bill makes thousands of small technical fixes across the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, correcting typos, updating terminology, and reenacting the entire statutory code, without changing policy.
SECTION 11. Reserved.
SECTION 12. Reserved.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 5, 2026 · Introduced
Domestic relations; creation of a registry of recidivist domestic violence offenders; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 1207 would create a public registry of repeat domestic violence offenders in Georgia, maintained by the Georgia Crime Information Center and searchable on the GBI's website, starting with convictions in 2027.
SECTION 2. This Act shall apply to persons convicted of a domestic violence offense on or after January 1, 2027.
SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 10, 2026 · Passed
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize and correct errors or omissions
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): This is the annual Georgia Code Revision Commission bill that fixes typos, punctuation, cross-references, and outdated terms across dozens of titles of the Official Code of Georgia and formally reenacts the entire Code for 2026.
SECTION 9. Reserved.
SECTION 10. Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade, is amended in: (1) Code Section 10-1-411, relating to prohibited activities by multilevel distribution company or participant in marketing program and disclosure statement, by inserting a comma following "company)" in subparagraph (b)(8)(A). (2) Code Section...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 17, 2026 · Introduced
Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would require every public and private K-12 school to install a key box giving local law enforcement quick access to campus buildings during emergencies, unless the school already has an equivalent rapid-access program.
The House Committee on Education offers the following substitute to HB 1327: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Article 27 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to loitering at or disrupting schools, so as to require the local board of education or other governing body of each public and private elementary and...
SECTION 1. Article 27 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to loitering at or disrupting schools, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "20-2-1187. (a) Unless a local board of education or other governing body has implemented a documented and formal process for the implementation of a rapid...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 26, 2025 · Engrossed
Courts; juvenile proceedings; use of a deadly weapon; revise a provision
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 627 would change how Georgia's juvenile court law defines a serious weapons offense, removing a carve-out that had excluded firearms from a specific 'deadly weapon' assault provision used to classify juvenile cases.
House Bill 627 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE) By: Representatives Persinger of the 119th, Cannon of the 172nd, Hitchens of the 161st, Smith of the 18th, Lumsden of the 12th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to revise a provision relating to the use of a deadly weapon; to...
SECTION 1. Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, is amended by revising division (12)(A)(iii) of Code Section 15-11-2, relating to definitions regarding the juvenile code, as follows: "(iii) Aggravated assault upon an individual or situation described in subsection (d), (h), or (k) of Code Section 16-5-21 or assault with a...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 6, 2025 · Passed
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; amend various titles
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 327 is a wide-ranging update to Georgia's trust, estate, and family law statutes that rewrites rules on trustees and trust directors, expands legal recognition for children born from assisted reproduction, and raises the dollar amount probate judges can distribute for minors.
SECTION 9. Code Section 15-9-127 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to concurrent jurisdiction with superior courts and probate court jurisdiction, is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows: "(d) In a proceeding in the probate court under subsection (a) of this Code section, service of summons, notice, or process may be made...
SECTION 16. Said title is further amended by adding a new Code section to Article 2 of Chapter 11, the "Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act," to read as follows: "19-11-82. Nothing in this article shall be applied or construed to abrogate or limit: (1) The jurisdiction of a probate court or a superior court under Code Section 53-2-20 to resolve...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 10, 2026 · Introduced
Criminal procedure; installation and use of mobile tracking devices by law enforcement; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would create a formal court process for law enforcement to get judicial approval before installing GPS or similar tracking devices on people, vehicles, or objects during criminal investigations.
House Bill 1270 By: Representatives Hitchens of the 161st, Crowe of the 118th, McDonald III of the 26th, Lumsden of the 12th, and Werkheiser of the 157th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to searches with warrants, so as to provide for the installation and use of...
SECTION 1. Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to searches with warrants, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "17-5-33. (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Court of competent jurisdiction' means a judge of the superior court of this state or a judge authorized to act on...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 5, 2026 · Introduced
Elections; revise information sought from persons registering to vote who indicate that they were previously registered to vote in another state, county, or municipality
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would require voters who say they previously registered in another state to give more detailed information, which the Secretary of State would share with that state to help cancel their old registration.
SECTION 4. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.
SECTION 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
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