New Georgia laws taking effect January 1, 2028

1 law takes effect January 1, 2028.

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.

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  • HB 369 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Motor vehicles; sale of food or beverages; provide vehicle equipment standards

    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, 2028 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