Capital Beat

by Ty Tagami | Dec 29, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service Most new laws from this year’s legislative session took effect in July, but a handful of significant bills become law on New Year’s day. They address shortages in accounting and dentistry, and they increase homeowner protections. They update campaign finance and vehicle licensing requirements. One adds a new…

by Ty Tagami | Oct 3, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will finally testify to a special committee of the Georgia Senate after rebuffing their demands for more than a year, the committee’s leader said Friday. After refusing to appear last year and fighting a committee subpoena in court, Willis will…

by Ty Tagami | Sep 19, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service   In a rare bipartisan act to protect children, Georgia legislators adopted a law last year that regulated social media companies. But the industry sued and, for now, has sidelined the prohibition on advertising to children. The law also required platforms to obtain parental consent when minors signup…

by Ty Tagami | Jul 18, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — Republican lawmakers have pushed through numerous changes to Georgia’s voting system in recent years, reacting to a concern, mostly among conservatives, that lax security produced stolen elections. Now, House Speaker Jon Burns has empaneled a study committee to consider more changes, with the Republican from Newington…

Across Georgia last November, voters heartily threw their support behind an amendment to the state constitution that sought to slow the escalation of property taxes. Two out of three voters favored Constitutional Amendment 1, which allowed communities to decide whether the annual rise in their property tax values should be linked to the generally lower…

by Ty Tagami | Apr 5, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service Georgia legislators clocked out unusually early Friday night, leaving behind stacks of unfinished bills, many of them torn into pieces for the ceremonial throwing of confetti that marks the final moments of a legislative session. Among the abandoned bills were several that had seemed to be a priority…