Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact
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Officially: “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;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 9, 2026
House First Readers · Feb 10, 2026
House Second Readers · Feb 11, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 19, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 4, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 4, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 20, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 23, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 25, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 25, 2026
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended · Apr 2, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 2, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2026
Act 718 · May 12, 2026
Effective Date · May 12, 2026
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-04-03 · yea 34, nay 18, notVoting 3, excused 1
Agree to Senate Sub as AmHouse · 2026-04-02 · yea 98, nay 70, notVoting 7, excused 5
AM 62 0077House · 2026-04-02 · yea 96, nay 69, notVoting 9, excused 6
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-25 · yea 48, nay 2, notVoting 4, excused 2
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 46THSenate · 2026-03-25 · yea 33, nay 18, notVoting 3, excused 2
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-04 · yea 98, nay 63, notVoting 4, excused 15
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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