2026 Signed Legislation
| Document | Description |
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| "Mason Sells AED Coordination Act"; enact | |
| Children and Youth; pilot program provision for screenings, clinical evaluations, training for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; establish | |
| License, Permit, Tag, and Stamp Fees; fees for reef and migratory fish endorsement; provide | |
| Physicians; limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; provide | |
| Medical Assistance; Department of Community Health to submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; direct | |
| Taxes; certain military museums qualify as destination marketing organizations and private sector nonprofit organizations; provide | |
| Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require | |
| Education; nonlapsing revenue of institutions of the University System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia; extend automatic repeals | |
| "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; provide | |
| Local Government Investment Pool; certain pooled investments to be approved by the State Depository Board; require | |
| Offenses Against Public Order; the punishment for the offense of obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages; increase |
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| Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; denial or nonacceptance of permits; revise provisions | |
| City of Mulberry; provision of services and exercise of powers by the city; provide | |
| Board of Commissioners of Forsyth County; term limits for members; provide | |
| "Emergency & Public Safety Signal Protection Act"; enact | |
| Professional Counselors; applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; authorize | |
| Board of Commissioners of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; allow to set monthly dues. | |
| Board of Commissioners of Irwin County; the compensation of the board of commissioners; revise provisions | |
| Insurance; rental home marketplace guarantees from the definition of property insurance; exempt | |
| License Plates; specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; establish | |
| Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require | |
| Sexual Offenses; clergy members to be charged with certain improper sexual contact offenses; permit | |
| Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Butts County; required to read an ordinance, resolution, or other matter before the board at one meeting prior to the adoption; provide | |
| Butts County; a homestead exemption from Butts County ad valorem taxes for county purposes; provide | |
| Butts County; a homestead exemption from Butts County ad valorem taxes for county purposes; provide | |
| "True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act"; enact | |
| Professions and Businesses; repeal Chapter 14, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors and enact a new Chapter 14 | |
| HOPE Scholarship; the inclusion of advanced placement and international baccalaureate fine arts courses in the calculation of grade point averages; provide | |
| "Georgia Human Trafficking Prevention Training Act"; enact. | |
| City of Metter; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption | |
| City of Metter; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption | |
| Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; the establishment of an animal cruelty database; provide | |
| Prosecuting Attorneys; additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; provide | |
| City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; create | |
| Municipal Court of the City of Decatur; the assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize | |
| State Court of Barrow County; a full-time solicitor-general; provide | |
| "Barrow County Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact | |
| License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish | |
| Officer Drew Haynes Brown Memorial Intersection; Cobb County; dedicate | |
| Public officers and employees; 120 hours of maternal birth leave; provide | |
| State Board of Workers' Compensation; notice of eligibility for compensation to an injured employee to his or her legal guardian; provide | |
| Income tax; all income received by individuals, corporations, and partnerships under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program; exempt from taxation | |
| Food service establishments; require notification of the country of origin of seafood items | |
| Georgia Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Advisory Board; correct a scrivener's error in a cross-reference | |
| Professions and businesses; improve efficiencies in issuance of permits for dentists to administer conscious sedation and general anesthesia | |
| State symbols; cotton as official state fabric; designate | |
| Sales and use tax; manufactured homes; revise and expand exemption | |
| Insurance; methods of payment to healthcare providers; provide certain requirements | |
| Income tax credit; business enterprises for leased motor vehicles; repeal and reserve | |
| Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought | |
| Professions and businesses; licensing of radiologist assistants; provide | |
| Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor carriers and commercial vehicles; update reference date | |
| Solid Waste Trust Fund; authorize use of funds for implementation of provisions of a solid waste management program | |
| Conservation and natural resources; prescribed burning for silviculture purposes is exempt from certain burning notice and permit requirements; clarify | |
| State-wide water management plan; ratify amendments | |
| Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty | |
| Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide | |
| Pharmacies; pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain conditions; provide | |
| Emergency Communications Authority; increase in the percentage of all 9-1-1 charges to be remitted to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; increase | |
| Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; impending expiration to be sent via certified mail; require notices | |
| Child Abuse; local child fatality review committees; modify the review | |
| Unclaimed Property; property is presumed abandoned; provide for exceptions | |
| "Rio's Law" | |
| Georgia Development Authority; rename as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority | |
| Private Review Agents; certain decisions with regard to the provision of insurance coverage for healthcare services shall not be based solely on artificial intelligence systems; provide | |
| Retirement and Pension; maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; increase | |
| Mental Health; the re-creation of community service boards; provide | |
| Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties | |
| Standard, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; eggs; repeal provisions | |
| Education; enact policies and procedures for use of personal electronic devices at school and school sponsored events by students in grades nine through twelve; require local school systems | |
| Self-insurers Guaranty Trust Fund; revise certain funded levels | |
| Math Matters Act; enact | |
| Excellent Teacher Preparation Act; enact | |
| Quality Basic Education Act; require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs available to pre-kindergarten students | |
| Motor vehicles; application for certificate of title; provisions | |
| Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026; enact | |
| Civil practice; require depositions to be taken before certified court reporters | |
| Aviation; prohibit operation of unmanned aircraft systems over a place of incarceration | |
| Education; awarding of high school diplomas to high school students who are at the end of life; provide | |
| Education; updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; provide | |
| Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions | |
| Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked; provide | |
| Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize | |
| Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act; enact | |
| State symbols; marsh tacky horse as official Georgia heritage horse breed; designate | |
| Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide | |
| Courts; authorization for electronic filing of pleadings in probate court; provide | |
| Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provide | |
| Health; rural assistance; expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists | |
| Completion Special Schools Act; certain local school systems to either be a party to a collaborative operating agreement with a completion special school or provide certain education programs and services; require | |
| Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide | |
| Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program |
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| Education; public schools and postsecondary educational institutions to consider antisemitism in the same manner as discrimination based on religion; authorize | |
| Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land | |
| "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008,"; issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return; authorize | |
| Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; the acceptance of tax digests in the event of a publication error made by a newspaper; provide | |
| Garden City, City of; mayor to fill any vacancy in the office of mayor pro tempore; provide | |
| Income tax; one-time tax credit for individual taxpayers who filed income tax returns for the 2024 and 2025 taxable years; provide | |
| Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Code of 1986; revise terms and incorporate certain provisions of federal law into Georgia law | |
| Ware County; nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors support a perimeter highway bypass around Waycross; provide | |
| Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 |