---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system; Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and services; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 12 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 and Part 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency communications authority and emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system, respectively, so as to provide for Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and services; to revise and provide for definitions; to revise the duties and responsibilities of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority as relevant to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and services; to add members to the board of directors of such authority; to require all new 9-1-1 systems conform to wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service or NG9-1-1 service standards; to revise the role of the executive director of the authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 423"
citation: "Georgia HB 423 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "AND VETERANS AFFAIRS", "PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clint Crowe", "Deborah Silcox", "Matt Reeves", "Sandy Donatucci", "Scott Hilton", "Will Wade"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e828249-0885-4390-9d04-e18c8cbfba59"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9c146df81b5b8857018b5ffd05e53af4645aed46159a4265b4bc103631c9980e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 423 (2025_26) — Emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system; Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and services; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 12 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 and Part 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency communications authority and emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system, respectively, so as to provide for Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and services; to revise and provide for definitions; to revise the duties and responsibilities of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority as relevant to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and services; to add members to the board of directors of such authority; to require all new 9-1-1 systems conform to wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service or NG9-1-1 service standards; to revise the role of the executive director of the authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 423/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236786.pdf)
2. **LC 56 0308/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232279.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #114 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #260 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08** Act 65 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e828249-0885-4390-9d04-e18c8cbfba59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).