2025-26 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

After the Gavel: Georgia

Republicans hold 33 of 56 Senate seats and 100 of 180 House seats this session, comfortable majorities in both chambers, though short of the two-thirds margin Georgia requires to override a governor's veto.

After the Gavel analyzed bills from Georgia's 2025-2026 General Assembly regular session and the 2026 First Special Session, organized into 6 posts. Some are grouped by theme, because a single bill rarely tells the whole story and related bills, read together, usually do.

This is our read of the bill. We encourage every reader to read the legislation for themselves and reach their own conclusions.

Every post links to the enacted text on the Georgia General Assembly's site and cites the Act it became. Every claim here traces to the bill text, the enacted Act, or a named outside source.

HB463 · SB33
Georgia Cut Taxes. Who Pays When the Bill Moves Somewhere Else?

HB463 lowers state income taxes. SB33 protects homeowners from rising assessments and lets local voters replace some property-tax revenue with a sales tax. Georgia families should see both sides of that ledger.

2 Bills, One Pattern SB3EX
Georgia Took the Next Voting-System Purchase Away From the Sitting Secretary of State.

SB3EX creates a legislative-led committee to design the 2028 system, requires hand-marked paper ballots, and declares any procurement action by the current Secretary of State void.

1 Bill SB540
Georgia Regulated AI Companions. Compliance Starts With Knowing a User's Age.

SB540 bans sexual, romantic, isolating, and self-harm content for minors, requires crisis protections, and creates enforcement pressure that companies must build systems to satisfy.

1 Bill HB295
Georgia's Sanctuary Ban Had No Teeth. House Bill 295 Gave Citizens the Bite.

HB295 lets any Georgia resident sue a local government that won't enforce the state's anti-sanctuary law, makes honoring a federal immigration detainer a mandatory duty for sheriffs and jails, and gives property owners a way to bill local governments for the cost of non-enforcement.

1 Bill HB1254 · SB553
Georgia Rebuilt Professional Licensing. The Immigration Check Stayed in Place.

HB1254 and SB553 reorganize professional boards while preserving immigration-status requirements for people applying for a Georgia license.

2 Bills, One Pattern 12 laws · 18 judgeships
Georgia Created 18 New Judgeships. The Governor Will Appoint 17 of Them.

Twelve laws add nine State Court and nine Superior Court seats. Nearly every first judge is appointed before voters choose a later successor.

12 Bills, One Pattern

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