republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1247.md

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Bill	Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to prohibit courts and administrative officers from deferring to agency interpretations of laws and regulations; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1247	Georgia HB 1247 (2025_26)	bill	COURTS HEALTH STATE GOVERNMENT	enacted	Alan Powell Matt Reeves Mitchell Horner Sandy Donatucci Scott Hilton Steve Tarvin	8	17	6	2026-02-09	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/e914e0ae-5830-4f95-b253-245404c74ae9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6480f9f4f36d5f8b6955a63f0f48d24289f59d5a982f6937d06ed78ec8df1e55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1247 (2025_26) — Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to prohibit courts and administrative officers from deferring to agency interpretations of laws and regulations; to provide for a short title; 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. Floor Amendment AM 62 0077 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 1247/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 62 0359/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 62 0401S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 62 0401S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 1247 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 2842S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #854 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 98–70 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #811 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 33–18 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #812 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #983 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 34–18 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #853 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 96–69 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #640 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 98–63 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Mitchell Horner — primary (person)
• Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)
• Scott Hilton — primary (person)
• Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-09 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2026-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 718 executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e914e0ae-5830-4f95-b253-245404c74ae9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).