2026 Executive Orders
Here you will find Governor Kemp's executive orders. These orders are legal instruments by which Governor Kemp carries out the duties of his office.
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorizing the demolition and removal of a structure from the University of Georgia | |
| Lowering flags to half-staff in honor and memory of Officer Pradeep Tamang, Gwinnett County Police Department | |
| Appointing the Honorable Pamela M. Bettis as Judge of the State Court of Henry County | |
| Appointing the Honorable Kristi G. Connell as Superior Court Judge of the Augusta Judicial Circuit | |
| Appointing the Honorable James A. Kiger as Superior Court Judge of the Douglas Judicial Circuit | |
| Appointing the Honorable Patrick M. Shepherd as Judge of the State Court of Spalding County | |
| Appointing the Honorable Steven G. Blackerby as Superior Court Judge of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit | |
| Appointing the Honorable Jane C. Barwick as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia | |
| Appointing the Honorable W. Fletcher Sams as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia | |
| Declaring a State of Emergency for Winter Weather - January 30, 2026 |
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| Declaring a State of Emergency for Spalding County Water Supply | |
| Appointing the Honorable Kenneth Jerome Carson as a member of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council | |
| Appointing the Honorable Joseph Miller Cusack as a member of the State Ethics Commission | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Thomas Neils Culpepper as a member of the Board of Corrections | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Duke C. Blackburn, Jr. as a member of the Board of Corrections | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Jimmie “Spud” Canson Bowen, Jr. as a member of the Board of Corrections | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Ester Fleming, Jr. as a member of the Board of Corrections | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Rossie Charles James Ross as a member of the Board of Corrections | |
| Appointing the Honorable Sandra DeCarlo Hudson as a member of the Board of Corrections | |
| Appointing the Honorable Emily Yonah as a member of the Georgia Opioid Settlement Advisory Commission | |
| Reappointing the Honorable George G. Andrews as a member of the Private Colleges and Universities Authority | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Raymond C. Cobb as a member of the Private Colleges and Universities Authority | |
| Reappointing the Honorable James Richard Lientz, Jr. as a member of the Private Colleges and Universities Authority | |
| Appointing the Honorable Craig Keith Franklin as a member of the Private Colleges and Universities Authority | |
| Appointing the Honorable Gerald “Jay” Herzog, Jr. as a member of the Board of Driver Services | |
| Appointing the Honorable Kelly Jones Ball as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Appointing the Honorable Julie Burns as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council | |
| Appointing the Honorable Aynsley Dyan Hill as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Appointing the Honorable Victrecia Hines as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Appointing the Honorable Amie Alagood LoCicero as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Appointing the Honorable Kiara Knox Loud as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Appointing the Honorable Sarah Lynette McMurtry as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Appointing the Honorable Cindy McNeil as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Appointing the Honorable Alondra Cepeda Mustafa as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Appointing the Honorable Barbara Bray Ross as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Appointing the Honorable Allison Louise Setterlind as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Appointing the Honorable Darlene K. Taylor as a member of the Statewide Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention Programs | |
| Declaring a State of Emergency for Winter Weather | |
| Suspending Representative Sharon Henderson from office as the District 113 Representative in the Georgia House of Representatives | |
| Appointing the Honorable Michael Todd Owens as chairperson of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Robert Joseph as a member of the State Personnel Board | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Stephen Michael Bauman as a member of the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Ted Noe as a member of the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Thomas “Mike” Phelps, Jr. as a member of the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Kenna Blake Scragg as a member of the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Casey Brent Smith as a member of the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Morgan D. Wheeler, Sr. as a member of the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors | |
| Appointing the Honorable Brandon Tyler Eyre as a member of the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors | |
| Appointing the Honorable Stanley L. Richardson as a member of the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Cassius F. Butts as a member of the Board of Economic Development | |
| Reappointing the Honorable James Carter, III as a member of the Board of Economic Development | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Allen Hodges as a member of the Board of Economic Development | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Garnett Lewis Johnson as a member of the Board of Economic Development | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Mulham Shbeib as a member of the Board of Economic Development | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Marisa Simpson as a member of the Board of Economic Development | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Jay Jerome Wells as a member of the Board of Economic Development | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Calder Benjamin Clay, III as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Charles McLendon Fiveash as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Michael Wayne Brown as a member of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Conditioned Air Contractors | |
| Reappointing the Honorable James Martin Ford as a member of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Conditioned Air Contractors | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Charles Edwards Greene as a member of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Conditioned Air Contractors | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Michael Dean Adams as a member of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Master Plumbers and Journeyman Plumbers | |
| Reappointing the Honorable James G. Cunningham as a member of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Master Plumbers and Journeyman Plumbers | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Samuel Neal Ivey as a member of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Master Plumbers and Journeyman Plumbers | |
| Appointing the Honorable William James Edler, Jr. as a member of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Electrical Contractors | |
| Issuing a Writ of Election to fill the District 53 seat in the Georgia State Senate | |
| Authorizing the demolition and removal of two structures from the University of Georgia | |
| Issuing a Writ of Election to fill the District 94 seat in the Georgia House of Representatives | |
| Issuing a Writ of Election to fill the District 130 seat in the Georgia House of Representatives | |
| Appointing the Honorable A. Gregory Poole as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia | |
| Appointing the Honorable Matthew B. Bennett as Superior Court Judge of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit | |
| Appointing the Honorable Donald L. Montgomery, Jr. as Judge of the State Court of Bryan County | |
| Appointing the Honorable Robert D. “Bobby” Wolf as Judge of the State Court of Fulton County | |
| Appointing the Honorable Torrey D. Smith as Judge of the State Court of Fulton County | |
| Appointing the Honorable Emily Youngo as Clerk of the Georgia State-wide Business Court | |
| Appointing the Review Commission to review the indictment of Ms. Sharon Henderson, District 113 Representative in the Georgia House of Representatives | |
| Issuing a Writ of Election to fill the vacancy in Georgia's 14th Congressional District for the United States House of Representatives. | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Samuel D. Holmes as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Joe Cade Joiner as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia | |
| Appointing the Honorable Richard T. Evans, Sr. as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia | |
| Appointing the Honorable Deep J. Shah as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia | |
| Reappointing the Honorable Janet Lee Moon as a member of the Board of Public Safety | |
| Appointing the Honorable Josh Edward Waters as a member of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles | |
| Appointing the Honorable Barbara Lee Hopkins as a member of the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians | |
| Appointing the Honorable Phenna Rene Petty as a member of the Georgia Council on Literacy |