2026 Georgia legislative session

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2026 Georgia legislative session
General information
Scheduled session start:    Jan. 12, 2026 Scheduled session end:    April 6, 2026
Leadership
Senate President Burt Jones (R) House Speaker Jon Burns (R) Majority Leader Senate: Jason Anavitarte (R) House: Chuck Efstration (R) Minority Leader Senate: Harold V. Jones II (D) House: Carolyn Hugley (D)
Elections
Next Election:    November 3, 2026 Last Election:    November 5, 2024
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In 2026, the Georgia State Legislature is scheduled to convene on January 12, 2026, and adjourn on April 6, 2026.

The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2024 elections. Republicans won a 33-23 majority in the Senate and a 100-80 majority in the House. The party also controlled the governorship, creating a Republican state government trifecta. At the start of the 2026 session, Georgia was one of 23 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.

At the beginning of the 2026 legislative session:

Republicans held a majority in the Georgia state House and state Senate.

Georgia was one of 23 Republican state government trifectas.

Georgia's governor was Republican Brian Kemp.

Leadership in 2026

Georgia State Senate

• Senate president: Burt Jones (R)
• Majority leader: Jason Anavitarte (R)
• Minority leader: Harold V. Jones II (D)

Georgia House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House: Jon Burns (R)
• Majority leader: Chuck Efstration (R)
• Minority leader: Carolyn Hugley (D)

Partisan control in 2026

See also: State government trifectas

Georgia was one of 23 Republican state government trifectas at the start of 2026 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. For more information about state government trifectas, click here.

Georgia was also one of 23 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here.

The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the Georgia State Legislature in the 2026 legislative session.

Georgia State Senate

Partisan composition, Georgia State Senate

As of February 2026
Party	Members
Democratic	23
Republican	32
Other	0
Vacancies	1
Total	56

Georgia House of Representatives

Partisan composition, Georgia House of Representatives

As of February 2026
Party	Members
Democratic	79
Republican	98
Other	0
Vacancies	3
Total	180

Regular session

The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2026 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation has met these criteria yet in 2026. This information is provided by BillTrack50.

Standing legislative committees

See also: Standing committee and List of committees in Georgia state government

A standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.

At the beginning of the 2026 legislative session, there were 73 standing committees in Georgia's state government, including 29 state Senate committees and 44 state House committees.

Senate committees

• Administrative Affairs Committee
• Assignments Committee
• Banking and Financial Institutions Committee
• Children and Families Committee
• Education and Youth Committee
• Finance Committee
• Government Oversight Committee
• Insurance and Labor Committee
• Natural Resources and the Environment Committee
• Public Safety Committee
• Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee
• Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee
• Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee
• Senate Ethics Committee
• Senate Health and Human Services Committee
• Senate Higher Education Committee
• Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• Senate Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee (MARTOC)
• Senate Retirement Committee
• Senate Rules Committee
• Senate Science and Technology Committee
• Senate Transportation Committee
• State Institutions and Property Committee
• State and Local Governmental Operations Committee
• Urban Affairs Committee
• Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee

House committees

• Banks and Banking Committee
• Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight Committee
• Code Revision Committee
• Creative Arts & Entertainment Committee
• Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee
• Education Committee
• Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee
• Game, Fish, and Parks Committee
• Governmental Affairs Committee
• House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
• House Appropriations Committee
• House Economic Development and Tourism Committee
• House Ethics Committee
• House Health Committee
• House Higher Education Committee
• House Interstate Cooperation Committee
• House Judiciary Committee
• House Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee (MARTOC)
• House Retirement Committee
• House Rules Committee
• House Transportation Committee
• House Urban Affairs
• Human Relations and Aging Committee
• Industry and Labor Committee
• Information and Audits Committee
• Insurance Committee
• Intragovernmental Coordination Committee
• Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
• Judiciary Juvenile Committee
• Motor Vehicles Committee
• Natural Resources and Environment Committee
• Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee
• Public and Community Health Committee
• Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee
• Regulated Industries Committee
• Rural Development Committee
• Small Business Development Committee
• Special Committee on Healthcare
• Special Committee on Resource Management
• Special Rules Committee
• State Planning and Community Affairs Committee
• State Properties Committee
• Technology and Infrastructure Innovation Committee
• Ways and Means Committee

Legislatively referred constitutional amendments

In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.

The methods by which the Georgia Constitution can be amended:

See also: Article X of the Georgia Constitution and Laws governing ballot measures in Georgia

The Georgia Constitution provides two mechanisms for amending the state's constitution— a legislative process and a state constitutional convention. Georgia requires a simple majority vote (50% plus 1) for voters to approve constitutional amendments.

Legislature

See also: Legislatively referred constitutional amendment

A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Georgia State Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 120 votes in the Georgia House of Representatives and 38 votes in the Georgia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

Convention

See also: Convention-referred constitutional amendment

Georgia: According to Paragraph IV of Article X of the Georgia Constitution, a constitutional convention can occur in Georgia if a two-thirds majority of the members of both houses of the Georgia General Assembly agree to hold it. That agreement does not need to be put to a vote of the people.

Historical partisan control

The table below depicts the historical trifecta status of Georgia.

Georgia Party Control: 1992-2026
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty-two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Historical Senate control

Republicans won control of the Georgia State Senate in 2002. In 2024, they won a 33-23 majority.

The table below shows the partisan history of the Georgia Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2024. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

Georgia State Senate election results: 1992-2024

Year	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04	'06	'08	'10	'12	'14	'16	'18	'20	'22	'24
Democrats	41	35	34	34	32	26	22	22	22	20	18	18	18	21	22	23	23
Republicans	15	21	22	22	24	30	34	34	34	36	38	38	38	35	34	33	33

Before 1992

Democrats had controlled the Georgia Senate since the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Historical House control

Republicans won control of the Georgia House of Representatives in 2004. In 2024, they won a 100-80 majority.

The table below shows the partisan history of the Georgia House following every general election from 1992 to 2024. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

Georgia House of Representatives election results: 1992-2024

Year	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04	'06	'08	'10	'12	'14	'16	'18	'20	'22	'24
Democrats	128	114	106	102	105	106	86	74	75	66	60	59	62	74	76	79	80
Republicans	52	66	74	78	74	73	94	106	105	113	119	120	118	106	103	101	100

Before 1992

Democrats had controlled the Georgia House since the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Analysis

Adopted legislation, 2011-2024

See also: The State Legislative Decade - Georgia

In 2024, Ballotpedia released analysis of bills enacted in each state in the preceding decade. The charts and table below detail legislation passed each year by party sponsorship.

See also

Elections	Georgia State Government	State Legislatures	State Politics
Georgia State Senate elections, 2026 Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2026	Georgia State Legislature Georgia House of Representatives Georgia State Senate Governor of Georgia Georgia Supreme Court	State legislative elections, 2026 State legislative special elections, 2026 State legislative elections, 2024 State legislative elections, 2022	State government trifectas State government triplexes Veto overrides in state legislatures State executives State courts Ballot measures

External links

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• Georgia General Assembly homepage

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2026

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