Georgia Legislature

Officials gather for annual Faith & Freedom luncheon

$409M hospital plan aims to ease jail mental health backlog in Georgia

Why choose? Georgia Senate budget plan includes income and property tax cuts

Statehouse bill would hamper Mayor Dickens’ tax district extensions

Court orders Sandy Springs to share police documents in open records lawsuit

Republicans hold Middle Georgia Senate seat after special election runoff

Opinion: Pandemic shows need to improve Ga.’s health care

Senate GOP revives anti-trans bills as election year heats up

Senate passes big cut in Georgia income tax

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The House Chambers is full of lawmakers and judges as Gov. Brian Kemp delivers the state of the state address in the House of Representatives at the Georgia Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Atlanta. (Jason Getz / AJC)

Georgia bill tracker: See the state’s new laws

From tax cuts to social media restrictions, track the noteworthy bills Georgia lawmakers are discussing and see how close they are to passing.

EXCLUSIVE AJC POLL

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

How to speak like a Georgia legislator

The Georgia Legislative Navigator

Georgia polls: Archive of AJC polls on issues and elections

Skeptics of 2020 election look for answers from FBI raid in Fulton

Allegations of fraud and mismanagement have dogged Fulton County since 2020.

FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss

FBI affidavit for Fulton’s 2020 records fuels GOP calls for state takeover

The unsealed FBI affidavit justifying the seizure of troves of 2020 records sparked renewed calls from Republicans for a Fulton County elections operation takeover.

Georgia’s State Capitol in Atlanta. (AJC file photo)

Middle Georgia voters return to polls for state Senate runoff

Democrat LeMario Brown and Republican Steven McNeel are competing for an open Middle Georgia Senate seat.

Ga. lawmakers take step toward banning NDAs for child sexual abuse victims

The bill, called "Trey's Law," would ban settlements in Georgia that keep survivors from speaking freely and make existing nondisclosure agreements harder to enforce.

Jones plan would eliminate tax breaks to cut Georgia income tax

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’ plan to phase out Georgia’s personal income tax would eliminate more than $1 billion of tax breaks.

House Republicans announce legislation to support working families

House Republicans unveil legislation aimed at support for working families

Republican women in the Georgia House of Representatives put forward a package of family-friendly bills addressing things like parental leave and birth control.

Immigrant advocates visit Georgia Capitol amid controversies over ICE

The annual mobilization, branded Latino Day at the Capitol, is in its fourth year.

Georgia House budget favors property tax relief over income tax rebates

The Georgia House of Representatives on Wednesday proposed substituting property tax relief for income tax rebates proposed by Gov. Brian Kemp.

Teachers, parents love Georgia cellphone ban. It could be coming to high schools.

Teachers, parents love Ga. cellphone ban. Now lawmakers turn to high schools.

Although long-term clinical research is sparse, studies and surveys show support for cellphone bans.

Georgia lawmakers enter the frenetic final day

Georgia House considers scrapping touchscreen voting by this year’s midterm

House Republicans called off a meeting on Monday where they were expected to consider Election Day hand-marked paper ballots.