2021 Signed Legislation
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| Henry County Water Authority; provide for a sixth member of the authority's board | |
| "Henry County Development Authority Act"; appointment of a sixth member of the authority appointed by the chairperson of the Board of Commissioners of Henry County; provide | |
| Board of Education of Evans County; compensation of the board; revise | |
| City of Decatur; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| City of Chamblee; change the election districts to provide for four council districts and one at-large districts | |
| City of Cleveland Building Authority; create and establish | |
| White County; Board of Commissioners members; expense allowances; provide | |
| Hall County; board of education members; compensation; revise | |
| Tattnall County; compensation and expense supplements of the chairperson and members of the board of commissioners; provisions; change | |
| City of Carrollton, Georgia; exercise all redevelopment and other powers ; authorize; referendum; effective dates | |
| Pulaski County; compensation of future county officers; revise | |
| Peach County Public Facilities Authority; create | |
| Pulaski County; board of elections and registration; create | |
| "Max Gruver Act"; enact | |
| Professions and businesses; chiropractors may own professional corporations with physicians; provide | |
| State government; meetings relating to cybersecurity contracting and planning from open meeting requirements; exclude | |
| Mount Airy, Town of; provide new charter | |
| Self-funded Healthcare Plan Opt-in to the Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; enact | |
| Corporations, partnership, and associations; corporations may hold shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; provide | |
| State government; participation in hearings by electronic communications; provide | |
| Stephens County; board of elections and registration; reconstitute and reestablish | |
| Stephens County; Board of Registration and Elections; provide abolition of board on a date certain | |
| Sydnie Grace Jones Memorial Intersection; dedicate | |
| Revenue and Taxation; all questions of law decided by a court; matters from state board of equalization and refunds and appeals be decided without deference; require | |
| Education; tobacco and vapor products in course of instruction regarding alcohol and drugs; include | |
| Environmental Protection Division; effective date for standards, rules, and regulations; revise | |
| Meetings; corporation may hold annual shareholders' meetings and special shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; provide | |
| Torts; cause of action against perpetrators for victims of human trafficking; provide | |
| Domestic Relations; name change; victims of human trafficking may petition; provide | |
| Penal institutions; certain information within inmate files of the Department of Corrections shall not be classified as confidential state secrets when requested by the district attorney; provide | |
| Insurance; flood risk reduction in the enumerated list of county purposes for ad valorem taxes; include | |
| Crimes and offenses; response to State v. Williams, 2020 Ga. LEXIS 85; provisions | |
| Pharmacies; increase pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratio for providing direct supervision at any time | |
| Excise tax; revise definition of innkeeper to include marketplace facilitators; provisions | |
| Income tax; credit for teacher recruitment and retention program; provide | |
| Motor vehicles; issuance of veterans' driver's licenses; revise qualifications | |
| Chatham County Building and Facilities Authority Act; enact | |
| Chatham County Legislative Gang Prevention and Intervention Commission; create | |
| Thunderbolt, Town of; levy an excise tax | |
| State Government; this state shall observe standard time year round; provide | |
| Offenses Against Public Order; offense of wearing a mask, hood, or device which conceals the identity of the wearer; revise | |
| Spalding County; board of elections; revise composition | |
| Motor vehicles; operation of farm tractors on interstate highways; prohibit | |
| Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021 | |
| State Symbols; pecan as the official state nut; designate | |
| Sheriffs; compensation; modify certain provisions | |
| City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County; mayor; limit voting only in the event of a tie of the council | |
| Henry County; board of commissioners vacancies; provisions; revise | |
| Military; sharing of information and reporting of cyber attacks; facilitate | |
| Elections and Primaries; persons or entities that mail absentee ballot applications shall mail such applications only to eligible registered electors; provide | |
| Courts; the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia | |
| Income tax; adoption of foster children; revise tax credit | |
| Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Code of 1986; define terms and incorporate certain provisions of federal law into Georgia law | |
| Tax Relief Act of 2021; enact | |
| Whitfield County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum | |
| Board of Commissioners of Henry County; a code of ethics; provide |