The Act enhances penalties for violations of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, including imposing mandatory minimums, and preserves the State’s right to appeal a court’s deviation from the mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines provided in the Act. The Act also imposes limits on the use of unsecured
The Act establishes a Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission to discipline, remove, and require the involuntary retirement of appointed or elected state prosecutors found to be in violation of their duties, and adds additional duties for state prosecutors to conduct individual reviews of cases where probable cause exists.
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The Act revises, simplifies, and modernizes the Georgia Nonprofit Corporation Code, providing greater flexibility in forming and running such organizations.
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The Act allows for protective orders against the deposition of high‑ranking organizational officers when good cause exists. The Act also prevents the use of advertisements that misrepresent legal credentials in soliciting legal services and requires certain government officers and directors to maintain a designee for service of process on
The Act creates venue in cases of money laundering and theft that involve the transfer of digital currency by establishing that the crime may be considered to have happened wherever power was exercised over the property, wherever an act in furtherance of the crime occurred, or wherever the victim resides.
The Act extends aid from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to low‑income, pregnant women, broadens the definition of family under TANF, and removes the family cap originally imposed under TANF.
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The Act makes it a felony for any government employee, election official, or county or municipal government to accept third‑party funding for conducting elections. The Act also establishes an executive director position within the State Election Board and fiscally separates the Election Board Committee and the Office of the
The Act amends Georgia law controlling the permissible weight of commercial trucks, providing for new penalties for violations, a two‑year sunset provision, and other enforcement amendments.
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The Act prohibits cities and counties from adopting written policies blocking the enforcement of existing bans on unauthorized public camping, generally prevents hospitals and local law enforcement from dropping off homeless individuals outside their areas of operation, and requires a performance audit of public spending on homelessness.
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The Act prohibits counties or municipalities from banning or regulating the use of gasoline powered lawn care equipment; prevents the regulation of installing household appliances based on their source of fuel; provides for the deannexation of property; and amends provisions regarding the authority and procedures for municipal deannexation.
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The Act amends and adds several Code sections related to the supply, oversight, and taxation of motor fuel in anticipation of increased use of electric vehicles on Georgia roadways.
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The Act prevents state employees from using state devices or equipment to install, use, or visit social media platforms owned, operated, or influenced by foreign adversaries.
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The Act adds two new subsections that prohibit licensed physicians, hospitals, and related institutions from performing or providing certain forms of gender‑affirming medical treatment, while also defining mechanisms for promulgating and enforcing new prohibitions and exceptions allowing such treatment.
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The Act expands the definition of “hazing” to include actions subjecting a student to physical endangerment as well as actions coercing the student to engage in behavior that would subject the student to a likely risk of vomiting, intoxication, or unconsciousness. Additionally, the Act imposes a mandatory reporting requirement on
The Act criminalizes the possession of stolen mail and the theft of mail or packages from the porch or entrance of a residential building. A violator may be subject to felony prosecution and imprisonment of one to five years.
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The Act provides for the review of tax credits and deductions while extending or creating various tax credits and deductions. First, the Act allows certain government officials to request a review of up to five tax credits or deductions per year to evaluate their economic efficiency. Second, the Act creates
