HB 899 makes significant changes throughout the election code including changes to: nonpartisan elections; minimum number of members to county election or registration boards; pauper petitions; write-in candidates; candidates selecting their political affiliation; registrar and deputy registrar qualifications; absentee ballot counting; special election voter registration; registration lists and deceased electors; election records storage; electronic device usage in a polling place; ballots; issuance of the call for elections held in conjunction with presidential preference primary; General Assembly vacancies; and provisional and challenged ballots. This bill was attached to SB 92 which passed and is awaiting the Governor's signature.

SB 391 bill constitutes a significant revision of the Ethics in Government Act. It renames the current Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission as the new State Accountability Commission. There are multiple changes to lobbyist registration, disclosure, and post employment provisions. 

This Constitutional Amendment authorizes the General Assembly to dedicate the revenues collected from the sale of fireworks and other sources for the funding of trauma care and firefighter services.

This resolution creates the Georgia Ethics and Accountability Joint Study Committee. The purpose of the committee is to study and make recommendations on comprehensive ethics and accountability reform in state government and report its findings and recommendations no later than June 30, 2012.