Georgia Legislature

Second graders participate in a social studies class in Deborah Hinton’s classroom at Oak Grove Elementary in DeKalb County on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

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Georgia property tax relief must include increased public education investment

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Georgia grapples with rounding change after the demise of the penny

Georgia Senate would let voters decide on school zone traffic cameras

State retirees could get a raise under the Senate’s budget proposal

Georgia lawmakers debate access to mug shots, police video

Georgia Senate votes to move state to Atlantic time zone

‘It’s how we compete’: Georgia business recruiters plead to keep tax breaks

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State Sen. Randy Robertson, R-Cataula, makes a thumbs up gesture during the vote on a bill to rewrite Georgia’s litigation rules to limit lawsuits at the Senate at the Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, February 21, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/ AJC)

Georgia bill tracker 2026: See what lawmakers are voting on

From tax cuts to an official state chicken wing flavor, see what bills Georgia lawmakers are considering and how close to passing they are.

EXCLUSIVE AJC POLL

Georgians in both parties prefer property tax relief to scrapping income tax

How to speak like a Georgia legislator

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Georgia polls: Archive of AJC polls on issues and elections

Qualifying week in Georgia kicks off high-stakes filing frenzy

Why Georgia lawmakers keep sending you money

Georgia taxpayers are in line to get $1.5 billion in tax relief this election year. And more could be on the way.

Gov. Brian Kemp suspends Georgia’s gas tax amid surging prices

The governor signed a bill passed by the state Legislature to suspend the tax for 60 days. Prices have spiked following the joint U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran.

House lawmakers want another two years to remove QR codes from ballots

Touchscreen voting likely to remain in place for Georgia midterms

A state House committee Tuesday agreed to a bill that would make the switch to paper ballots in 2028.

Georgia Senate approves tax rebates of up to $500

The state Senate on Monday gives final approval to Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan to rebate $1.1 billion in taxes to Georgians.

Nathan Wade testifies to Senate committee

Nathan Wade defends Georgia’s Trump prosecution to Senate committee

A former special prosecutor defended the Fulton County election interference case before a Georgia Senate committee Friday.

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Georgia’s literacy crisis demands action. Speaker Burns is answering the call.

Too many Georgian children are failing to read at grade level. This limits their opportunities for success and puts them at risk of poverty, unemployment and incarceration.

Georgia bill would make it harder to obtain police bodycam footage

Georgia lawmakers may make it harder to obtain mug shots and body camera video from local police.

Second state lawmaker pleads guilty to pandemic unemployment fraud

State Rep. Dexter Sharper pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to lying to the government to receive unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fulton may hold the road map for how literacy coaches

House budget would pay for literacy coaches in every elementary school

Efforts to improve literacy among Georgia children could get a big boost if a new state spending plan becomes law.

Fani Willis blasts Georgia Senate panel — again

Willis criticized legislation aimed at creating more state oversight of locally elected prosecutors following her prosecution of President Trump and his co-defendants.