Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB78
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Engrossed
2/11/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Chaptered
5/1/25
Passed
5/1/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Tybee Island Building and Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to provide that this Act shall be liberally construed; to define the scope of the authority's operation; to provide for disposition of property upon dissolution of the authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB79
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/21/25
Engrossed
2/26/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Chaptered
5/12/25
Passed
5/12/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to revise threshold amounts of fentanyl and related substances necessary to constitute the offenses of possessing, selling, distributing, and manufacturing of such substances; to revise mandatory minimum departure provisions for defendants convicted of trafficking of substances in violation of Code Section 16-13-31, relating to trafficking in cocaine, illegal drugs, marijuana, or methamphetamine and penalties; to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to provide for conforming changes; to provide for an effective date; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB8
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Engrossed
2/10/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for arrest warrant requirements when juvenile courts are acting as courts of inquiry; to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB80
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/4/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-8-9.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility to receive tax credits, so as to revise the definition of "rural hospital organization"; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB81
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Chaptered
5/14/25
Passed
5/14/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 22 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicle franchise practices, so as provide for protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales or lease transactions by affiliates of franchisors, manufacturers, and distributors; to amend Code Section 40-2-39 of the O.C.G.A., relating to registration and licensing of new motor vehicle dealers, temporary site permits, administrative fines, and penalty, so as to provide for activities which qualify as activity as a new motor vehicle dealer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB82
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
3/3/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/21/25
Enrolled
4/10/25
Chaptered
4/28/25
Passed
4/28/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to enact the "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; to provide for local boards of education to reconsider the denial of local charter school petitions; to require the Office of Charter School Compliance to prepare guidelines for local boards of education for the evaluation of charter school petitions; to revise reporting; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB83
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Engrossed
2/11/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Chaptered
5/9/25
Passed
5/9/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Bartow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB84
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Engrossed
2/11/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations with proceeds disbursed to the general fund and the agency, fund, or nonprofit corporation, so as to establish a specialty license plate honoring the Shepherd Center; to establish a specialty license plate benefiting the Georgia Transplant Foundation; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB85
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/19/25
Engrossed
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Enrolled
4/10/25
Chaptered
5/12/25
Passed
5/12/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 12 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to postsecondary education grants for foster children and adopted children, so as to establish a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB86
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/19/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to authorize retail dealers to offer discounts to consumers through premiums, coupons, or rebates on alcoholic beverages purchased for consumption off the premises; to provide for a definition; to provide certain conditions and requirements for the offering of such discounts; to increase the number of tasting events a retail package liquor store may conduct; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB87
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/5/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from levy and sale of property, so as to provide for the exemption of the full value of a debtor's primary residence from levy and sale by virtue of any process whatever under the laws of this state; to provide for the exemption, for purposes of bankruptcy, of the full value of a debtor's aggregate interest in his or her primary residence; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB88
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/18/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Chaptered
4/30/25
Passed
4/30/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a fourth judge of the superior courts of the Douglas Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB89
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to increase the amount of a tax credit based on the federal tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses to 40 percent of such federal tax credit; to provide for a child income tax credit; to provide for definitions; to provide for limitations and proration; to provide for rules and regulations; to revise a tax credit for employers providing child care; to decrease the number of children who use the facility that are required to be children of employees to qualify for such credit; to increase the amount of the credit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB9
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to obscenity and related offenses, so as to repeal and replace Code Section 16-12-80, relating to obscene material, distribution, and penalty; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to provide for sentencing of defendants who utilize artificial intelligence in the commission of certain crimes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia Senate Bill SB90
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/5/25
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 19 of Title 15 and Article 1 of Chapter 17 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the regulation of the practice of law and general provisions regarding notaries public, respectively, so as to provide for the modernization of certain legal, notarial, and court services using electronic means; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.