Georgia

Georgia: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

84 bills: 60 Anti-LGBTQ+, 24 Pro-LGBTQ+. 10 are enacted (6 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed654916
Enacted1064
Pending954

Most recent bills

All 84 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Georgia: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Georgia, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.051015202009: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2010: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2011: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2014: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2016: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2018: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2020: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 18 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 10 Anti-LGBTQ+, 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 8 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Georgia, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.05101520201120142017202020232026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Georgia by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012342020: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2024: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Georgia by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.01234201120142017202020232026
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
2026981000
202515105431
202420182101
2023541220
2022752110
2021431000
2020532202
2019110000
2018532000
2016110000
2014220000
2011312000
2010404000
2009312000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents211
Bathrooms & facilities660
Sports participation11110
Youth gender-affirming care12102
Medicaid & public funding for care330
Prisons, jails & detention321
Schools & curriculum1275
DEI & bias training440
Drag & public expression110
Book bans & censorship990
Marriage, family & custody743
Nondiscrimination protections1138
Hate crimes606
Religious exemptions11110
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law303
Symbolic resolutions & recognition413
Government process, funding & data431

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors990
Forced Outing: Schools770
Sports Ban: K12770
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12660
Don't Say Trans: K12550
Religious Exemptions: RFRA550
Don't Say Gay: K12440
Education Nondiscrimination404
Hate Crime Classification404
Opt-In LGBTQ Education440
Sports Ban: Secondary440
Censorship: Book Ban330
Show the other 60 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Censorship: Online Obscenity330
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Public Funds330
Public Investment Restriction: Social Credit Score330
Religious Exemptions: Academic330
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws303
Sports Ban: Colleges330
Anti-Bullying202
Censorship: Age Verification220
DEI Ban: Colleges220
DEI Ban: K12220
Discrimination in Healthcare220
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12220
Employment Nondiscrimination202
End Legal Recognition: SWWA220
End Legal Recognition: WBR220
End Trans Panic Defense202
Forced Outing: Mental Emotional Well-Being220
Gender Affirming Care202
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA220
Holiday/Recognition202
Marriage Equality202
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education220
Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care220
Sports Ban: SWSA220
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges220
Abuse Survivors Protections101
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Marriage110
Censorship: Book Ban: K12110
Censorship: Drag Ban110
Censorship: Pride Flag Ban110
Child Custody Bill110
Child Custody Bill: DACPA110
Child Custody Protections101
Commissions, Task Forces, and Studies101
DEI Ban: ADEIB110
Discrimination in Education110
Don't Say Gay: Elementary110
Don't Say Gay: No Promo Homo110
Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges110
Don't Say Trans: Elementary110
Don't Say Trans: No Promo Trans110
Easy Name and Gender Changes101
End Legal Recognition: DSA110
Forced Outing: Schools: Trans110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Medicaid110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Prisoners110
Gender Marker Change Ban110
HIV and STI Care101
Healthcare Nondiscrimination101
Housing Nondiscrimination101
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban110
Pathologization110
Prisoner Nondiscrimination101
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination101
Religious Exemptions: MRFA110
Religious Exemptions: Marriage110
Social Transition Ban110
Supportive Resolution101
Trans Segregation Bill110

Hearings

Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.

Hearings, newest first
DateChamberCommittee
HouseJudiciary Non-Civil on
HouseJudiciary on
HouseHigher Education on
HouseJudiciary Non-Civil on
HouseEducation on
SenateSenate Committee on Health & Human Services on
SenateSenate Committee on Education and Youth on
HouseEducation on

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Marty HarbinRSenatorSD-01623
Steve GoochRSenatorSD-05120
Chuck PayneRSenatorSD-05419
Clint DixonRSenatorSD-04519
Max BurnsRSenatorSD-02318
Carden SummersRSenatorSD-01317
John AlbersRSenatorSD-05617
Lee AndersonRSenatorSD-02417
Billy HickmanRSenatorSD-00416
Brandon BeachRSenatorSD-02115

All 210 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case 5:26-cv-01141S.D. Ga.District2026
Case nff8812a9abS.D. Ga.District2022
Case c7814248M.D. Ga.District2018
Case c5342531M.D. Ga.District2017
Case n7932bba85fCourt of Appeals of GeorgiaState2016
Case c4242240N.D. Ga.District2014
Case n57fc47d6c4N.D. Ga.District1983
Case n2af945bf13N.D. Ga.District1977

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.