2022 Signed Legislation
| Document | Description |
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| Local government; creation of regional development authorities; provide | |
| Georgia Raw Dairy Act; enact | |
| Local government; appointment and removal of municipal court judges; revise provisions | |
| The Zoning Procedures Law; revise | |
| Cobb County; office of tax commissioner; change compensation of commissioner and certain employees | |
| Cobb County; Probate Court; change compensation of sheriff, chief deputy and others | |
| Adel, City of; change corporate limits | |
| Professions and businesses; certain advertisements related to plumbing; prohibit | |
| Professions and businesses; certain advertisements related to plumbing; prohibit | |
| Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enact | |
| Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enact | |
| Controlled substances; Schedule I and IV; change certain provisions | |
| "Jaye Mize Law"; promoting illegal drag racing and laying drags; provide for an offense | |
| Public Officers; suspension of compensation because of indictment for a felony; provide | |
| Medicaid; postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; increase | |
| Contracts; certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; change | |
| Watercraft; certain watercraft to have day and night visual distress signals on board when on coastal waters of Georgia; require | |
| General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023 | |
| Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; a medical or traumatic condition includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder; emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; clarify | |
| Grandparents or Family Members Visitation Rights; provisions regarding visitation actions brought by certain grandparents of minor children; revise | |
| Game and fish; hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossum year round; authorize | |
| Game and fish; possession of cervid carcasses; remove definitions; provisions | |
| Natural Resources, Dept. of; attempt to prevent net loss of land acreage available for hunting on state owned lands; extend date | |
| Game and fish; rebuttable presumption of violation by individuals in possession of hunting paraphernalia while on others' lands; provide | |
| Georgia Economic Recovery Act of 2021; enact | |
| Ad valorem tax; timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; provide exemption | |
| Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; revise licensing provisions | |
| Funeral directors and embalmers; reinstatement of lapsed license under certain conditions; provide | |
| Georgia Board of Dentistry; revise composition | |
| Quality Basic Education Act; recess for students in kindergarten and grades one through five; provide | |
| Sales and use tax; exemption for sale or lease of computer equipment of high-technology companies; revise spending threshold and extend sunset date | |
| Health and insurance; clarify that the prudent layperson standard is not affected by the diagnoses given | |
| Motor vehicles; standards for issuance of dealer license plates; provide | |
| Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority; provide for definitions; provisions | |
| Income tax; change certain definitions | |
| Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Act of 2021; enact | |
| Psychiatric Advance Directive Act; enact | |
| Mableton, City of; incorporate | |
| HIV Tests; modernization of HIV related laws to align with science; provide | |
| "Law Enforcement Strategic Support Act" or "LESS Crime Act"; enact | |
| "Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act"; enact | |
| Wiretapping, Eavesdropping, Surveillance; use of any device to photograph or record patients in a health care facility shall be unlawful; provide | |
| Wrongful Death; a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; provide | |
| Watercraft; any person 15 years of age or older to operate a Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 vessel; authorize |
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| Sentence and Punishment; any time after conviction; defendant convicted of an offense and sentenced as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude may petition the sentencing court to grant the relief of vacatur; provide | |
| Hospitals and Health Care Facilities;hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; require | |
| Property Boundary Lines; plane coordinates for defining and stating geographic position within this state as the Georgia State Plane Coordinate System; designate | |
| Road Projects; the use of the design-build contracting method by counties; authorize | |
| Employment Security; certain nonprofit organizations have the option of making installment payments to finance unemployment benefits paid to its employees for certain time periods during the COVID-19 public health emergency; provide | |
| Department of Community Health; conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; require | |
| Native American Tribes; recognize | |
| Isaiah "Coach" Berry Memorial Intersection; Barrow County; dedicate | |
| Income tax; tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations; increase aggregate limit | |
| Mental health; adult mental health programs; provide licensure | |
| Georgia Caregivers Act; create | |
| Insurance; guaranteed asset protection waiver; revise definition | |
| Medicaid; coverage for annual mammograms at no cost to recipient; provide | |
| Hospital Authorities and Designated Teaching Hospitals; definitions; revise | |
| Healthcare Services; guidelines for the prior authorization of a prescribed medication for chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication therapy; provide | |
| Income tax; affiliated corporations file separate or consolidated returns; provisions | |
| Mobile food service establishments; operate in county of origin or other counties without an additional permit; provide | |
| "Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act"; enact | |
| "Inform Consumers Act" enact | |
| Department of Administrative Services; companies owned or operated by China to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; prohibit | |
| Department of Administrative Services; companies owned or operated by Russia to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; prohibit | |
| Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act; enact | |
| State Government; state and local governments from mandating vaccine passports; prohibit | |
| Motor vehicles; use of personal delivery devices to transport cargo; authorize | |
| Motor vehicles; amber strobe lights; permitting requirements; exempt low speed vehicles |
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| Insurance; minimum nonforfeiture interest rate for individual deferred annuities; decrease | |
| Camden County Public Service Authority Act; enact | |
| Sales and use tax; exemption for sales of admissions to nonrecurring major sporting events; revise | |
| OneGeorgia Authority Act; grant program to establish primary care medical facilities in health professional shortage areas; provide | |
| State Board of Nursing Home Administrators; revise composition | |
| Motor vehicles; revise definition of all-terrain vehicle | |
| Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; authority to make alternative investments; repeal certain restrictions | |
| Insurance; unfair trade practices and unlawful inducements; provide for exclusions | |
| Health; influenza vaccinations for discharged patients; lower age to 50 | |
| Property; nonjudicial foreclosure of time-share estates; authorize | |
| Revenue and taxation; certain violations of registration requirements for motor vehicles operated by motor carriers; increase penalty | |
| Motor vehicles; heavy-duty equipment motor vehicle; revise definition | |
| Motor vehicles; law enforcement vehicles be equipped with primarily blue flashing or revolving lights; provide | |
| Criminal procedure; increase time allotted to try a criminal case in judicial emergencies; provide | |
| Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor vehicles and carriers; update reference date | |
| Local government; audits of funds may be conducted in accordance with statutory accounting principles; provide | |
| Education; provision that reduced the amount of certain funding to state charter schools that offer virtual instruction; remove | |
| Natural Resources, Department of; earliest effective date for certain rules and regulations; delay | |
| Community Health, Department of; statistical reports data relating to state health plans be posted on department website; require | |
| Education; prohibit students who participate in 4-H sponsored activities or programs from being counted as absent from school | |
| Insurance; allow plan sponsor to consent on behalf of an enrollee to electronic delivery of all communication | |
| Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Code of 1986; define terms and incorporate certain provisions of federal law into Georgia law | |
| Courts; clerks of superior courts; provide for construction | |
| Childhood Lead Exposure Control Act; revise | |
| Georgia Utility Facility Protection Act; revise provisions and short title | |
| Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office; revise annexation reporting requirements | |
| Labor and industrial relations; right of action against a county or city employer for retaliation; provide | |
| Criminal procedure; compensation for public defenders and assistant public defenders; revise | |
| Labor and industrial relations; workers' compensation benefits; change certain provisions | |
| Putnam County; State Court; district attorney shall represent the state in all criminal prosecutions and perform the duties of solicitor-general; provide | |
| Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions | |
| Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; revise and update composition of advisory board | |
| Long County; Board of Commissioners; revise provisions for staggering of terms of office | |
| Domestic relations; dating violence protective orders; revise a definition | |
| Local government; annexation of territory; revise provisions relating to dispute resolution | |
| Atlantic Judicial Court; minimum supplement each county shall provide to the judges of the superior court; provide | |
| Cobb County; State Court; chief deputy clerk and clerk; change salary | |
| Paulding County; Board of Commissions; provide office of county manager | |
| Gwinnett County; State Court; provide for an additional judge | |
| Flovilla, City of; City of Jackson; City of Jenkinsburg; Butts County; Water and Sewer Authority; increase size and reconstitute members | |
| Special license plates; Tybee Island Historical Society; establish | |
| Retirement; benefits for judges of probate courts; revise method through which certain actuarial equivalents are determined | |
| Fire protection and safety; random drug tests for certain firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, paramedics, and cardiac technicians; require | |
| Professions and businesses; massage therapy; revise a definition | |
| Public utilities; one-time right of way permit fee and reduce annual right of way use fees; establish | |
| Employment security; change definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages | |
| Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; establish | |
| Professions and businesses; licensure of individuals in the practice of applied behavior analysis; provide | |
| Guardian and ward; petition for appointment of temporary guardian of minor filed in probate court may be transferred to juvenile court; provide | |
| Income tax; rehabilitation of historic structures; revise tax credits | |
| Evidence; expert testimony in criminal cases; change rules | |
| Commerce and trade; commercial recordings, musical performances, and audiovisual works; provide protections | |
| Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide additional judge | |
| Guardian and ward; payment of certain settlements involving claims of minors; clarify and revise procedures and requirements | |
| South Georgia Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide | |
| Georgia Legislative Retirement System; retirement allowance; increase | |
| Banking and finance; financial institutions; provide for numerous updates | |
| Conservation and natural resources; extend date for hazardous waste fees | |
| Georgia Rare Disease Advisory Council; provide establishment | |
| Local government; development authorities; cap the per diem allowance available to directors | |
| Sales and use tax; special district mass transportation; local government; provisions | |
| Insurance; update regulation of company holding systems | |
| Professional counselors; licensing requirements; change certain definitions | |
| Property; deeds; require electronic filing | |
| Perry, Mr. Dennis Arnold; compensate | |
| County and municipal governing authorities; grant temporary tax relief to properties severely damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster and located within a nationally declared disaster area; provide - CA | |
| Robinson, Kerry; compensate | |
| Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize | |
| Property; granting of nonexclusive easements; authorize | |
| James J. Boss Memorial Roundabout; Barrow County; dedicate | |
| Children and Youth Services; registration of maternity supportive house residences to provide housing for pregnant women; provide | |
| State and Other Flags; pledge of allegiance to the state flag; add language | |
| Education; agents and agent's permits; to repeal definitions of such terms; provisions; remove | |
| Retirement; prohibition of granting postretirement benefit adjustments to any individual who became a member on or after July 1, 2009; remove | |
| "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,"; class action suits and for damages for violating the requirements for solicitations for corporate filings; provide | |
| Mountain Judicial Circuit; third judge of the superior courts; provide | |
| Emergency Medical Services Personnel; Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to retain certain fingerprints under certain conditions; authorize | |
| National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974; civil penalties; revise | |
| Bails, Bonds; human trafficking as a bailable offense; add the offense | |
| Mortgage Lenders and Brokers; different categories of felony convictions for purposes of investigations of mortgage loan originator applicants; provide | |
| Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane; full or partial remote communication with regard to public hearings; provide | |
| Time-Share Projects and Programs; nonjudicial foreclosure of time-share estates; authorize | |
| Death Investigations; medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; require | |
| Commerce; a litigation bar on governmental entities regarding certain statewide opioid litigation; provide | |
| Communications Officers; 9-1-1 communications officers receive training in the delivery of high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; require | |
| State Government; certain procedural requirements and considerations for the adoption of rules by state agencies that are applicable to charitable organizations; provide | |
| State Employment Service and the Employment Security Administration Fund; change certain provisions | |
| Education; needs based financial aid program; include eligibility for students with a financial aid gap | |
| State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish a program to promote the creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in the state; provide | |
| General Educational Development (GED) Diplomas; update and replace terminology; state approved high school equivalency (HSE) diplomas; provide | |
| Education; curricula or training programs which encourage certain concepts; prevent use of | |
| Parents' Bill of Rights; enact | |
| Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; employ beneficiaries; permit public school systems | |
| Education; calculation of minimum revenue obligations for scholarships and tuition grants; provide for the inclusion of earned interest | |
| Sale or Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors; provisions of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be applicable to libraries operated by schools; provide | |
| Local Boards of Education; all meetings of local boards of education shall be open to the public except as otherwise provided by law; provide | |
| Courts; reestablishment of the Criminal Case Data Exchange Board as an advisory board to The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia; provide | |
| Income tax; revise rates of taxation on income, A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise the rates of taxation on income; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | |
| Crimes and offenses; prosecute offenses involving criminal gang activity; provide for concurrent authority | |
| Criminal procedure; each act of child molestation charged as a separate offense; provide | |
| Traffic offenses; enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide | |
| Atkinson County; Probate Court; authorize collection of technology fee | |
| Cobb County; State Court; change compensation of judges | |
| City of Bloomingdale Community Improvement Districts Act; create | |
| Locust Grove, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| City of Rincon Community Improvement Districts Act; enact | |
| Dawson County; Board of Elections; provide for appointment of fifth member | |
| Professions and businesses; exempt a certified peace officer employed as an independent contractor from certain requirements | |
| Coweta Judicial Circuit; Superior Court; change supplemental salaries for judges | |
| Brookhaven, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Grovetown, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum | |
| Dougherty County; levy an excise tax | |
| Dougherty County; Magistrate Court; impose and collect county law library fees | |
| Jefferson, City of; fully replace current charter | |
| Gilmer County; levy an excise tax | |
| Kennesaw, City of; corporate limits; change provisions | |
| Elbert County; board of elections and registration; create | |
| Colbert, City of; staggered, four-year terms for the mayor and councilmembers; revise provisions | |
| Milton, City of; senior homestead exemption; modify maximum income | |
| Milton, City of; senior homestead exemption; increase | |
| Milton, City of; homestead exemption for citizens age 65 years or older meeting certain income requirements; repeal | |
| Paulding County; School District; residents 65 years or older shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation for education purposes | |
| Chattahoochee County Transportation Authority; add Harris County and Unified Government of Cusseta-Chattahoochee County | |
| Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; add two additional directors | |
| Bryan County; board of elections and registration; add two members | |
| Pike County School District; increase exemptions for residents age 62 or older and provide new exemption for residents age 70 or older | |
| Union City Public Facilities Authority Act; enact | |
| Fulton County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Macon County; Board of Education; revise compensation | |
| Gilmer County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | |
| Savannah Development and Renewal Authority; members; revise provisions | |
| Berrien County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | |
| Walton County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact | |
| Sumter County; board of elections and registration; provide compensation of members in certain circumstances | |
| Worth County Building Authority Act; enact | |
| Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit; chief judge; provide for designation | |
| Woodland, City of; provide new charter | |
| Varnell, City of; change corporate boundaries | |
| Dallas, City of; municipal court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | |
| Dallas, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Dallas, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; establish tax allocation districts | |
| Cherokee County; State Court; modify compensation of judges | |
| Long County Building and Public Facilities Authority Act; enact | |
| Jackson, City of; provide for a city manager | |
| Fayette County; State Court; change compensation of judge and solicitor | |
| Fayette County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | |
| Canton, City of; provide new charter | |
| Guyton, City of; provide new charter | |
| Flemington, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Sylvester, City of; Public Facilities Authority; revise definition of "project" | |
| Houston County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | |
| Taylor County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Probate Court of Crisp County; office of judge; future elections; provide | |
| Georgia Public Safety Training Center; reimbursement of certain costs incurred by active duty, retired, or honorably discharged members of the US armed forces who are attending basic law enforcement training; provide | |
| Lanier County Building Authority; definition of "project"; revise | |
| Firearms by Convicted Felons and First Offender Probationers; each firearm in the possession or attempted possession of certain offenders shall be charged as a separate offense; specify | |
| City of Carrollton, Georgia; exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Georgia Constitution; authorize | |
| City of Stockbridge; corporate limits of such municipality; change | |
| Town of Lyerly; annexation of certain territory into the boundaries of the city; provide | |
| City of Doraville; levy on excise tax; procedures, conditions, and limitations; provide | |
| City of Doraville; the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Doraville ad valorem taxes; revise | |
| "City of Cedartown Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact | |
| Rockdale County School District; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; increase the exemption | |
| Henry County; compensation of such judge of the Probate Court; change the provisions | |
| Board of Education of Warren County; compensation provisions for the chairperson and for members of the board; revise | |
| City of Senoia Building and Facilities Authority; create | |
| Rockdale County Public Facilities Authority; create | |
| Chattahoochee Hills Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; create | |
| Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; certain communications officers shall be eligible for membership in such fund; provide | |
| Montgomery County; abolish mode of compensating sheriff; repeal Act | |
| Montgomery County; Board of Elections and Registration; create | |
| Swainsboro, City of; corporate limits; change provisions | |
| Lincoln County; Board of Education; provide compensation of members | |
| Cochran, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Upson County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Income tax; certain retirement income for military service; provide exemption | |
| Early County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Bryan County; State Court; authorize collection of technology fee | |
| Morrow, City of; increase homestead exemption | |
| Bremen, City of; Municipal Court; charge technology fee |