2023 Signed Legislation
| Document | Description |
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| General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024 | |
| Sales and use tax; exemption for competitive projects of regional significance; change sunset provision | |
| Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize and correct errors in omissions | |
| Prosecuting Attorneys Oversight Commission; create | |
| Property; curing defective deeds and other instruments; revise provisions | |
| Georgia Dangerous Sexual Predator Prevention Act; enact | |
| Banking and finance; venue for offense of money laundering; provide | |
| Education; water safety education information to parents of students under 18 years of age and to students 18 years of age and older; provide | |
| Property; revise when an action may operate as a lis pendens | |
| Health; ambulance services pay annual license fee; repeal requirement | |
| Courts; six-person jury trials in civil actions; revise an exception | |
| Banking and finance; provide for definitions; provisions | |
| Elections; rename Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission as the State Ethics Commission | |
| Nontraditional Special Schools Act; enact | |
| Wills, trusts and administration of estates; notices to beneficiaries regarding issuance of letters testamentary; require | |
| Primaries and Elections; time off for employees to advance vote; provide | |
| Bartow County; Board of Education; revise district boundaries | |
| Buildings and housing; amend Georgia state minimum standard codes to authorize certain uses of ungraded lumber; require | |
| Education; establishment of unified campus police forces through agreements by colleges and universities; provide | |
| Hall County; Board of Education; provide that the boundaries are not changed by annexations undertaken by the City of Buford | |
| Motor vehicles; temporary license plates and operating permits; revise terminology | |
| Highways, bridges, and ferries; allowable variance for weight limitations upon a vehicle or load; provide for | |
| Insurance; filing review process for private passenger motor vehicle liability coverage providing the minimum limits offered by the carrier; revise | |
| Insurance, Department of; clarify, streamline, and make transparent the practices of the department | |
| Georgia Driver's Education Commission; violation of traffic laws or ordinances under Joshua's Law; provide additional penalty | |
| Civil practices; alternative procedure for designation of official legal organ; provide | |
| Conservation and natural resources; Hazardous Waste Trust Fund; dedicate proceeds of certain hazardous waste fees | |
| Heard County; ad valorem tax for county and educational purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Special purpose local option sales tax; counties; provisions | |
| Georgia State Indemnification Commission; abolish and authorize commissioner of administrative services to assume duties; provisions | |
| Butler, City of; change description of council districts | |
| Georgia Online Automatic Renewal Transparency Act; enact | |
| Sunny Side, City of; repeal Act to incorporate; transfer duties and obligations to Spalding County | |
| Andersonville, City of; provide new charter | |
| Martin, Town of; change number of city council members; provisions | |
| Taylor County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts | |
| Taylor County; Board of Education; change description of districts | |
| Cook County; Board of Education; compensation of members; change provision | |
| Swainsboro, City of; corporate limits; change provisions | |
| Sylvester, City of; municipal court; levy and collect a technology fee | |
| Floyd County; Board of Education; provide compensation of members | |
| Lone Oak, Town of; provide new charter | |
| Ben Hill County; Board of Education; modify compensation of members | |
| Dooly County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts | |
| Social Circle, City of; city councilmembers; reapportion election districts | |
| Dooly County; Board of Education; change description of districts | |
| Savannah, City of; Chatham County; Board of Education; modify compensation of members | |
| Coweta County; Board of Education; provide compensation | |
| Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption to $8,000.00 | |
| Polk County; board of elections and registration; expand board to five members | |
| Savannah, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Cobb County; State Court; change compensation of judges | |
| McIntosh County; Board of Education; modify compensation of chairperson and members | |
| Walton County; Board of Commissioners; powers and compensation of chairperson; revise provisions | |
| Walton County; Board of Commissioners; chairperson; reduce base salary and clarify compensation | |
| DeKalb County; tax commissioner; election and filling of vacancies; change certain provisions | |
| Richmond County; letting contracts and opening bids; revise provisions | |
| Cobb County; State Court; change salary of the chief deputy clerk and clerk | |
| Hinesville, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Clay County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Hart County; Board of Education; change description of districts |
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| Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax; additional homestead exemption of $2000.00 for certain public service employees | |
| Cohutta, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption | |
| Whitfield County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; revise homestead exemption | |
| Whitfield County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Tunnel Hill, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Dalton, City of; ad valorem tax; increase income cap and homestead exemption | |
| Tunnel Hill, City of; ad valorem tax; provide new homestead exemption | |
| Dalton, City of; ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption | |
| Cohutta, City of; ad valorem tax; provide new homestead exemption | |
| Ranger, Town of; Gordon County; provide new charter | |
| Forsyth County; Board of Registrations and Elections; start and end date of member terms; revise provisions | |
| Moreland, Town of; Recorder's Court; repeal provisions | |
| Henry County Airport Authority; create | |
| Dalton, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; increase homestead exemption | |
| Whitfield County; School District; increase homestead exemption amount and income ceiling | |
| Blackshear, City of; city council; decrease size to five members | |
| Whitfield County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Suwanee, City of; change corporate limits | |
| Atlanta, City of; Board of Education; qualifications for membership; remove certain limitations | |
| Fulton Technology and Energy Authority Act; enact | |
| Morganton, City of; provide new charter | |
| "Izzy's Law"; Depart. of Public Health shall develop and make available for download from its internet website a model aquatic safety plan based on national standards for private swim instructors; provide | |
| "Georgia Door-to-Door Sales Act"; enact | |
| Identification Cards; issuance of identification cards to persons completing a term of incarceration; provide | |
| Primaries and Elections; all costs and expenses relating to election administration are paid for with lawfully appropriate public funds; provide | |
| Early County School District; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; extend the expiration date | |
| Atlanta Board of Education; qualifications for membership on said board related to working for other boards of education; remove limitations | |
| Counties, Municipal Corporations, and other Governmental Entities; regulation of businesses of persons under 18 years of age; prohibit | |
| Counties and Municipal Corporations; certain local ordinances or policies relating to public camping or sleeping; prohibit | |
| "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008"; financial protections for elder and disabled adults who may be victims of financial exploitation; provide | |
| Waters, ports and watercraft; wakesurfing and wakeboarding; provide restrictions and requirements | |
| State government; public disclosure not required relative to inspection of public records; include certain documents from Department of Natural Resources | |
| Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; revise provisions | |
| Waters, ports, and watercraft; carrying of night visual distress signals upon coastal waters during certain hours; provide | |
| Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women | |
| Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing; revise certain procedures | |
| Crimes and offenses; issuance of a temporary or permanent protective order by the court; provide | |
| Commissioner of Insurance; promulgate rules and regulations regarding cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic and supplemental breast screening examinations; provide | |
| Education; daily duty-free planning periods for teachers in grades six through twelve; provide | |
| Local government; municipal deannexation; repeal certain provisions | |
| Safer Hospitals Act; enact | |
| Income tax; repeal a limitation on types of partnerships that may elect to pay income taxes at the entity level | |
| Pharmacies; authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines | |
| Workers' compensation; benefits; change certain provisions | |
| Professions and businesses; verification of competency for registered professional nursing licenses; revise a provision | |
| Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence | |
| Sales and use tax; sales of tangible personal property used for or in the renovation or expansion of certain aquariums; exempt | |
| Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Code of 1986; revise terms and incorporate certain provisions of federal law into Georgia law | |
| State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove | |
| "Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Act"; enact | |
| Permanent Guardianship; service by publication; provide | |
| Juvenile Code; a uniform process to assume custody of children as a result of disposition orders; create | |
| Evidence; that a child witness be deemed competent to testify without taking the oath; provide | |
| Paternity; Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; align evidentiary medical and genetic testing | |
| Georgia Public Service Commission; regulation and taxation of the provision of certain electricity used as a motor fuel in electric vehicles; provide | |
| Nonprofit Corporations; comprehensively revise, simplify, and modernize said chapter | |
| Hospitals and Nursing Homes; chiropractic practice to have a lien on a cause of action accruing to an injured person; allow | |
| Broadband Services; Department of Community Affairs to determine locations that are eligible for state or federal funding programs administered by the state; provide | |
| "Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act"; enact | |
| "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act"; ensure consumer access to quality healthcare by setting adequacy standards for network plans offered by an insurer | |
| Education Accountability; recognition of certain accrediting agencies as evaluators of the quality of education offered in public schools in this state; provide | |
| Children and Youth Services; respite care for foster parents for longer periods of time pursuant to circumstances; authorize | |
| Health; reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial; authorize | |
| Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an ophthalmologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services; prohibit | |
| Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease; physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit, at 28–32 weeks' gestation, and at delivery; require | |
| Ad Valorem Taxation; state revenue commissioner to contract with the board of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia to offer certain county tax commissioners the option to participate in a state administered deferred compensation plan; require | |
| Commissioner of Insurance; general provisions; establishing an advisory committee; provisions; authorize | |
| Information Technology; use of certain social media platforms on state equipment; restrict | |
| Mitchell County; Board of Education; modify compensation of members | |
| Bartow County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Comer, City of; increase term of mayor from two to four years | |
| Motor vehicles; standards for issuance of limited driving permits for certain offenders; provide | |
| Harris County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Dalton, City of; city council; change description of election wards | |
| Revenue and taxation; update population bracket and census data for a certain property tax exemption for certain leased property | |
| Jesup, City of; Board of Commissioners; reapportion election districts | |
| City of Albany Community Improvement Districts Act; enact | |
| Mount Zion, City of; provide that members of the city council shall be elected from districts instead of at large | |
| Motor vehicles; standards for issuance of limited driving permits for certain offenders; provide | |
| Appeal and error; filing of petitions for review in reviewing courts from lower judicatories; revise an exception | |
| Brooks County; appointment of county surveyor; provide | |
| Harris County; levy an excise tax | |
| Clay County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide eighth judge | |
| Brantley County; Board of Education; change compensation of members | |
| Rockdale Judicial Circuit; Superior Court judges; change amount of salary supplement | |
| College Park, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Carrollton, City of; Municipal Court; charge technology fee | |
| Alto, Town of; anti-nepotism requirements for future mayors and councilmembers; provide | |
| East Georgia Regional Airport Authority Act; enact | |
| Cornelia, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; authorize | |
| Insurance; administration of certain rehabilitation policies by a ceding insurer placed into liquidation; provisions | |
| Health; financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities; revise provisions | |
| Controlled substances; Schedules I, IV, and V; provide certain provisions | |
| Georgia Ports Authority; provide for powers; expand arrest authority of officers | |
| Butts County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Butts County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Pike County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Courts; child's right to legal representation in legitimation cases; provide | |
| Income tax; tax credits for establishing or relocating quality jobs; provide clarification | |
| Seminole County; Board of Education; change description of districts | |
| Hartwell, City of; corporate boundaries; revise provisions | |
| Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions; authorize | |
| Hagan, City of; change description of council districts | |
| Catoosa County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Emanuel County Public Facilities Authority; create | |
| Insurance; minimum amounts of uninsured and underinsured coverage to be maintained by transportation network and taxi service companies; provide | |
| Pike County; Magistrate Court; chief judge; provide nonpartisan elections | |
| Wilkes County; Probate Court judge also serve as chief magistrate judge of Magistrate Court; provide | |
| Wilkes County; board of elections and registration; create | |
| East Dublin, City of; extend corporate limits | |
| Bryan County; State Court; judge shall serve in a full-time capacity; provide | |
| Tallulah Falls, Town of; levy an excise tax | |
| Sky Valley, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Carroll County; Board of Education; compensation of members; change provisions | |
| Haralson County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | |
| Rabun County; Board of Education; change description of districts | |
| Rabun County; levy an excise tax | |
| DeKalb County; increase income cap on homestead exemption for citizens age 65 or older meeting certain income requirements; provisions | |
| DeKalb County; increase income cap on homestead exemption for citizens 62 years or older meeting certain income requirements; provisions | |
| DeKalb County; increase income cap on homestead exemption for citizens 65 years or older meeting certain income requirements; provisions | |
| Randolph County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | |
| Clayton, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Sandy Springs, City of; city council; change description of districts | |
| Dillard, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Coweta County; State Court; add additional judge | |
| Bartow County; Chief Magistrate; cost-of-living adjustments to compensation; change provisions | |
| Bartow County; Tax Commissioner; longevity increases in compensation; provide | |
| Bartow County; ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption to $15,000.00 | |
| Bartow County; Superior Court clerk; cost-of-living adjustments to compensation; change provisions | |
| Bartow County; Commissioner; change cost-of-living adjustment for compensation | |
| Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; modify homestead exemption | |
| Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; modify homestead exemption | |
| Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption | |
| Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; increase assessed value | |
| Cherokee County; Board of Elections; establish | |
| Cherokee County; Board of Elections; abolition on a date certain; provide | |
| Fulton County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | |
| Sugar Hill, City of; ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption to $10,000.00 | |
| Sugar Hill, City of; ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption to $10,000.00 | |
| Sugar Hill, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Riceboro, City of; residency requirements for candidacy for office or mayor or councilmember; revise provisions | |
| Quitman County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Seminole County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Seminole County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Early County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | |
| Early County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Miller County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Miller County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Baker County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Baker County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Elbert County; Board of Commissioners; revise provisions relating to filling vacancies | |
| Thomaston, City of; provide new charter | |
| Smyrna, City of; annexation of certain territory; provide | |
| Buford, City of; adopt by reference a certain map | |
| Savannah, City of; implement a limitation on number of terms the aldermen may serve | |
| Milton, City of; mayor and councilmembers; modify provisions related to compensation | |
| Milton, City of; city council; change description of election districts | |
| Ellijay, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Schley County; board of elections and registration; create | |
| Franklin County; Board of Education; provide for compensation | |
| Cave Spring, City of; revise and modernize charter | |
| Forsyth County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Randolph County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Acworth, City of; adopt by reference a certain map | |
| Thomson, City of; mayor and city councilmembers; provide staggered elections | |
| Darien, City of; increase a residency requirement to one year | |
| Webster County; Board of Commissioners; clarify governing authority is the Unified Government of Webster County | |
| Brookhaven , City of; DeKalb County; modify amount of base year homestead exemption | |
| Columbia County; Board of Elections; revise provisions for nomination of certain potential board members | |
| Quitman County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Preston, City of; clarify that the territory formerly included within the boundaries of the city is subject to governance by the Unified Government of Webster County | |
| Hiawassee, City of; levy an excise tax | |
| Ben Hill County; board of elections and registration; appointment of board members; revise provisions | |
| Commission of the Unified Government of Webster County; readopt and revise laws | |
| Hart County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts | |
| Haralson County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Dalton, City of; ad valorem tax; increase income cap | |
| Ludowici, City of; change description of council districts | |
| Peachtree City, City of; annex certain properties | |
| Professions and businesses; education, experience, and training requirements for licensure in marriage and family therapy; revise provisions | |
| Tyrone, Town of; Fayette County; deannex certain properties | |
| Dougherty Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide for a fourth judge | |
| Bacon County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee | |
| Social Circle, City of; School District; provide new boundaries | |
| Gwinnett County; Board of Commissioners; provide compensation of chairperson | |
| Glynn County; State Court; change compensation of solicitor general | |
| Brooks County Public Facilities Authority; create | |
| Henry County Building and Facilities Authority; create |