New Georgia laws taking effect July 1, 2025
124 laws take effect July 1, 2025.
Of the 709 bills enacted since 2025, 703 have an effective date and 6 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:16 a.m. EDT.
Government (34)
HB 113 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
State government; prohibit the state or its agencies from purchasing goods from certain foreign countries or related entities
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HB 137 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Contracts; increase dollar value of certain public works contracts exempt from provisions relating to retention of contractual payments
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HB 155 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 180 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Probate courts; modify certain requirements for probate judges
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HB 199 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Courts; protection of personally identifiable information of judges and their spouses; modify provisions
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HB 233 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
State symbols; Brunswick stew as the official state stew; designate
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HB 36 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Guardian and ward; revise list of providers who are authorized to participate in the processes for appointment of a guardian for an adult
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HB 392 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Georgia Tax Court; certain events; revise dates
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HB 406 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Judicial Retirement System; increase retirement age of superior court judges first taking office on or after July 1, 2026
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HB 416 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Local government; enterprise zones; revise class of retailer from which fees may be collected
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HB 422 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans
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HB 423 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system; Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and services; provide
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HB 484 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
General Assembly; digitization and electronic publication of Georgia Laws; provide
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HB 513 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Local government; criteria for service delivery strategy; revise provisions
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 516 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference
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HB 575 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Transportation, Department of; authorize notice of certain public hearings by electronic publication
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HB 614 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Local government; prohibit use or ignition of consumer fireworks in proximity to certain facilities housing equines; authorize
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HB 630 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
State Board of Registration; remove used car division and the used parts division; provisions
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HB 635 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors; revise provisions
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HB 748 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Carroll County; change compensation of coroner
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HB 760 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Glynn County; board of commissioners; chairperson and members; change annual salary
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HB 789 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Oglethorpe, City of; certain hearings of the governing authority; revise provisions
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HB 801 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Long County; Board of Commissioners; revise powers of chairperson
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HB 85 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Superior Court Judicial Compensation Reform Act; enact
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HB 86 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Public officers and employees; calculating and setting the salaries of certain state officials; revise provisions
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 100 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
"Andee's Law"; enact
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SB 125 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements
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SB 153 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code
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SB 298 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide
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SB 347 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority; method of appointing the membership; change
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SB 56 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize
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SB 88 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Douglas Judicial Circuit; a fourth judge of the superior courts; provide
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SB 96 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; update and modernize
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SB 98 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Guardian and Ward; county conservators; provide
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Education (21)
HB 172 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Veterinary education; limits on student loan forgiveness program; provide
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HB 175 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Education; employee comprehensive background checks for early care and education programs and Head Start programs; revise provisions
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HB 192 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Top State for Talent Act; enact
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HB 217 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program
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HB 322 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Ga. Board of Dentistry; issuance of a dental or dental hygiene license for the sole purpose of teaching in an accredited dental, dental hygiene school, or academic medical center; revise provisions
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HB 340 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Distraction-Free Education Act; enact
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HB 37 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits
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HB 371 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase
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HB 468 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Heard County; Board of Education; revise compensation of members
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HB 495 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Education; Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; repeal; provide for Georgia Rural Development Council
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HB 81 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; enter into
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SB 1 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact
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SB 123 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise
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SB 149 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Tuition Equalization Grants at Private Colleges and Universities; definition of approved school; revise
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SB 193 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; authorize
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SB 20 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization
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SB 213 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; ban
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SB 252 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Real and Personal Property; conveyance of municipal property interests to independent school systems; provide
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SB 44 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Equalization Grants, Annual Calculations, and Allocation; the definition of the term "qualified local school system" by reducing the minimum required millage rate; revise
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SB 63 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
"Quality Basic Education Act"; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require
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SB 93 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
"Georgia Early Literacy Act"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit
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Healthcare (13)
HB 196 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
State employees' health insurance plan; drugs dispensed for self-administration; provisions
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HB 235 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact
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HB 352 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Georgia Gestational Diabetes Management Act; enact
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HB 428 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Health; codify right to in vitro fertilization for individuals
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HB 645 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions
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HB 89 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records
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SB 105 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 130 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand
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SB 241 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Funeral Directors; organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; provide
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SB 276 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Recovery of Medical Assistance from Third Party; certain provisions to comply with federal law; revise
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SB 5 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements; provide
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SB 58 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
"Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact
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SB 72 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
"Hope for Georgia Patients Act"; enact
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Crime (12)
HB 161 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Georgia Bureau of Investigation; authority to issue subpoenas of electronic communication records for purposes of investigating certain cyber enabled threats to life and property; provide
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HB 222 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Criminal procedure; inclusion of certain contact information on bonds and recognizances; require
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HB 238 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia
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HB 325 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Domestic relations; Protective Order Registry; revise certain definitions
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HB 582 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact
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SB 132 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Insanity and Mental Incapacity; hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; require
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SB 147 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide
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SB 244 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; provide
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 40 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Secondary Metals Recyclers; the definition of the term "used, detached catalytic converters" to said article; provide for applicability
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SB 6 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment
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SB 79 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
"Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act"; enact
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SB 99 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide
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Finance (8)
HB 131 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner's lien
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HB 15 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Banking and finance; update terminology; provisions
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HB 241 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Contracts; convenience fees for payment by electronic means; revise provisions
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HB 327 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; amend various titles
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HB 511 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Insurance; deductions from taxable income for contributions by taxpayers to catastrophe savings accounts and interest earned on such accounts; provide
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 78 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; total percentage of funds invested in alternative investments; raise limit
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SB 256 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Electric Membership Corporation; disclose certain acquisitions and other information to its members within a certain time frame; require
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SB 81 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices; protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales; provide
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Taxes (8)
HB 111 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Income tax; reduce rate of tax
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HB 136 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 144 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Income tax; certain medical preceptor rotations; revise tax credit
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 153 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Sales and use tax; maintenance and replacement parts for certain machinery used to mix or transport concrete; extend exemption sunset date
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HB 266 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Income tax; exempt income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 360 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Revenue and taxation; rehabilitation of historic structures; revise tax credit
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HB 586 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes
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SB 141 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Revenue and Taxation; the appeal and protest period from 30 days to 45 days for tax assessments; extend
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Traffic (7)
HB 114 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor vehicle and carriers; update reference date
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HB 116 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Public Safety, Department of; Motor Carrier Compliance Division to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; change name
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HB 156 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Transportation, Department of; authority over vertiports; provide
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HB 164 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Highways, bridges, and ferries; allowable variance for weight limitations upon a vehicle or load; repeal automatic repeal provisions
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HB 224 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Highways, bridges, and ferries; construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other entities; authorize
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HB 296 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions
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HB 339 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Motor vehicles; exempt ride share drivers or ride share network services from definition of motor carrier
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Civil Rights (5)
HB 177 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Domestic relations; protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; provide
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HB 303 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Original 33 Memorial Act; enact
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HB 331 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Animals; prohibit transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations
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SB 110 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Definitions Relative to the Juvenile Code; definition of neglect and to provide for new definitions
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SB 245 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Grandparents; include within the category of persons who may seek to revoke or amend an existing grandparent visitation order
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Agriculture (3)
HB 143 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Water resources; water-measuring devices for farm use of surface and ground water; revise provisions
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HB 358 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Agriculture; prohibiting acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; provide for a definition
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SB 144 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Fertilizers or Pesticides; a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; clarify
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Housing (3)
HB 270 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Eviction Service and Airplane Evictions Act; enact
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HB 399 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications
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SB 119 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Manufactured or Mobile Homes; limited exceptions to circumstances under which a manufactured home shall become real property; provide
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Public Lands (3)
HB 167 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Game and fish; authorize fluorescent pink hunting outer garments
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HB 454 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund Act; enact
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HB 491 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Game and fish; remove an exception for use of air guns to hunt wildlife
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Affordability (2)
HB 398 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Food, drugs, and cosmetics; authorize production and sale of cottage food items with certain exemptions, requirements, and disclosures
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SB 201 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Climate (1)
HB 287 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Environmental Protection Division; Environmental Advisory Council; update reference date to standards, rules, and regulations
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Defense (1)
HB 53 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Georgia veterans; allow certain persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries
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Elections (1)
HB 426 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Courts; nonpartisan election of magistrates; provide
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Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Foreign Policy (1)
HB 150 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Combating Threats from China Act of 2025 - Higher Education; enact
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Wages (1)
SB 55 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
"Dignity and Pay Act"; enact
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Enacted, but not yet dated (6)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect July 1, 2025 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HB 769ContingentGwinnett Judicial Circuit; salary supplements for judges; change provisionsan Act modifying compensation of superior court judges and amending Code Section 45-7-4 (2025 session) becoming law
- SB 427ContingentPhysicians; limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; provideCode section funded in an appropriations Act making specific reference to such Code section
- SB 503ContingentInsurance; rental home marketplace guarantees from the definition of property insurance; exemptFunds specifically appropriated for purposes of this Act in an appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly
- SB 613ContingentSuperior Court of Clayton County; change the compensation of the sheriffFirst day of the month following the month in which the Sheriff of Clayton County fully complies with the county-wide audits of Clayton County for 2024, 2025, and 2026 required under Code Section 36-81-7(c.1)
- SB 623ContingentState Court of Clayton County; compensation of the solicitor-general of the state court; revise provisionsFirst day of the month following the month in which the solicitor-general of the State Court of Clayton County fully complies with the county-wide audits of Clayton County for 2024, 2025, and 2026 required by Code Section 36-81-7(c.1)
- SB 85ContingentGrants for Foster Children; a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; establishGeorgia Foster Care Scholarship program is funded in an appropriations Act making specific reference to it; effective when the appropriated funds become available for expenditure