New Georgia laws taking effect January 1, 2026

15 laws take effect January 1, 2026.

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 (5)

Finance (3)

  • HB 148 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Public Accountancy Act of 2025; enact

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 35 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Property Insurance Policies; notice required to be given a policyholder before the nonrenewal of his or her homeowners' insurance policy; increase the number of days

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 69 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    "Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act"; enact

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature.

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

Healthcare (3)

  • HB 197 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • HB 567 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • HB 584 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature.

    How effective dates are worked out

Affordability (1)

  • SB 112 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Selling and other Trade Practices; certain protections for consumers relative to warranties of HVAC systems and components of such systems; extend

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature.

    How effective dates are worked out

Elections (1)

  • SB 199 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    State Ethics Commission; shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; provide

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature.

    How effective dates are worked out

Technology (1)

  • HB 475 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Income tax credit; film, gaming, video or digital production; revise a definition

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature.

    How effective dates are worked out

Traffic (1)

  • HB 551 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Motor vehicles; conditions, procedures, and limitations for issuance of temporary operating permits; provide

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature.

    How effective dates are worked out

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 January 1, 2026 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