Georgia Legislature

House Speaker Jon Burns has announced the creation of three blue-ribbon study committees to consider further reforms to Georgia’s election procedures and examine the state’s hemp policies and insurance rates.

Out-of-state investors own tens of thousands of houses in Georgia, prompting lawmakers to consider limits due to concerns about property neglect and fewer homeownership opportunities for Georgians.

While many election-related bills introduced this session died, including some that caused controversy in Athens, several made it to the governor’s desk.

Several pieces of legislation passed during the recent session of the General Assembly will affect Georgia’s children.

Several proposed pieces of legislation affecting the environment didn’t make the cut during the latest legislative session, which ended Friday.

Gov. Brian Kemp signed controversial religious freedom legislation on Friday aimed at preventing government intrusion into Georgians’ rights to exercise their religious beliefs.

Georgia legislators clocked out unusually early Friday night, leaving behind stacks of unfinished bills as the 2025 session came to a close.

The Georgia Senate approved House Bill 127 by a 33–21 vote, a measure that would ban preferential treatment in public colleges and schools based on race and other factors.

A Georgia bill that would reduce sentences for individuals whose crimes were influenced by domestic abuse is on its way to becoming law.

Legislation denying gender-affirming care to inmates in Georgia’s prison system gained final passage in the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Wednesday after state House Democrats walked out of the chamber in protest.