2025 Signed Legislation
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| Income tax credit; film, gaming, or digital production; revise a definition | |
| Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact | |
| Superior Court Judicial Compensation Reform Act; enact | |
| Public officers and employees; calculating and setting the salaries of certain state officials; revise provisions | |
| Juvenile Code; certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; provide | |
| Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment | |
| "Hope for Georgia Patients Act"; enact | |
| "Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act"; enact | |
| Grants for Foster Children; a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; establish | |
| State government; prohibit the state or its agencies from purchasing goods from certain foreign countries or related entities | |
| Accountants; education and experience requirements; revise provisions | |
| Sales and use tax; maintenance and replacement parts for certain machinery used to mix or transport concrete; extend exemption sunset date | |
| Game and fish; authorize fluorescent pink hunting outer garments | |
| Newnan, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Ga. Board of Dentistry; issuance of a dental or dental hygiene license for the sole purpose of teaching in an accredited dental, dental hygiene school, or academic medical center; revise provisions | |
| Animals; prohibit transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations | |
| Distraction-Free Education Act; enact | |
| Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase | |
| Watson-Stephens-Petrea-Franklin Tax Relief Act; enact | |
| Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists | |
| Professions and businesses; licensure to engage in trade; provisions | |
| Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes | |
| State Board of Registration; remove used car division and the used parts division; provisions | |
| State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors; revise provisions | |
| General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 | |
| Georgia Lottery for Education Act; correct a reference | |
| Petrea-Stephens-Franklin-Watson Tax Relief Act; enact | |
| Social Circle, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Walnut Grove, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Loganville, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Monroe, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Greensboro, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption | |
| Chatham County Schools' Tax Relief Act; enact | |
| Dublin, City of; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Paulding County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Augusta-Richmond County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | |
| Revenue and taxation; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property | |
| Life Insurance; a policy of group life insurance from excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; prohibit | |
| Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements | |
| Fertilizers or Pesticides; a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; clarify | |
| City of Dalton; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | |
| Whitfield County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | |
| Funeral Directors; organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; provide | |
| Dade County; school district ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption | |
| "Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact | |
| City of Cartersville; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | |
| Bartow County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | |
| Official Code of Georgia Annotated; provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; update and modernize | |
| Public officers and employees; increase indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death |
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| Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor vehicle and carriers; update reference date |
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| Public Safety, Department of; Motor Carrier Compliance Division to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; change name |
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| Water resources; water-measuring devices for farm use of surface and ground water; revise provisions |
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| Georgia Bureau of Investigation; authority to issue subpoenas of electronic communication records for purposes of investigating certain cyber enabled threats to life and property; provide |
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| Revenue and taxation; exclude from the calculation of taxable net income certain disaster relief or assistance grant program payments for agricultural losses suffered due to Hurricane Helene |
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| Emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system; Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and services; provide |
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| Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; use of state funds or resources for certain treatments for state inmates; prohibit |
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| Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide |
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| State symbols; Brunswick stew as the official state stew; designate |
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| Original 33 Memorial Act; enact |
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| Health; codify right to in vitro fertilization for individuals | |
| Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions |
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| Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities |
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| Rincon, City of; designation of electors; revise provisions | |
| Bryan County; State Court; provide for a chief judge and an associate judge |
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| Pembroke, City of; mayor and city council members; provide four-year terms |
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| Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless; provide for membership |
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| Glynn County; levy an excise tax |
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| Glynn County; board of commissioners; chairperson and members; change annual salary |
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| Savannah Music Commission Act; enact |
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| Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority Act; enact |
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| Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; total percentage of funds invested in alternative investments; raise limit |
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| Brunswick, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide for a new homestead exemption. |
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| Homelessness Prevention Act of Chatham County; enact | |
| Long County; Board of Education; provide compensation for members |
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| Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records |
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| Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause an impairment of fertility; require coverage |
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| City of Tybee Island; selection of a mayor pro tem; provide |
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| Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority; method of appointing the membership; change |
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| "Dignity and Pay Act"; enact | |
| "City of Tybee Island Buildings and Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact |
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| Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program |
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| Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact |
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| Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide |
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| Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions |
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| Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; enter into |
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| 'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact |
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| Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise |
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| High Demand Apprenticeship Program; opportunities for apprenticeship sponsors to enter into apprenticeship program contracts with State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; provide |
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| State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; authorize |
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| "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact |
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| Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide |
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| "Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act"; enact | |
| Income tax; reduce rate of tax | |
| Income tax; one-time tax credit for taxpayers who filed returns for both 2023 and 2024 taxable years; provide | |
| "Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act"; enact | |
| Aviation; adoption of local ordinances, resolution, regulations, or policies that restrict the flight of unmanned aircraft systems over mass public gatherings; authorize | |
| Revenue and taxation; postpone date by which local governing authorities can opt out of base year homestead exemption |
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| Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025 | |
| Cedartown, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum | |
| Public Officials; bail bond business; modify provisions |