2025-2026 Regular Session

SB502

"The Affordability Act of 2026"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use tax, so as to exempt the sale or use of baby products, healthcare products, first aid supplies, school supplies, workforce training materials, home energy efficiency products, gun safes, gun lock boxes, and emergency preparedness supplies, from taxation; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Finance
Last status date: February 17, 2026
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Finance
Author: Harold Jones
Co-sponsors: Nabilah Islam ParkesSally Harrell Nikki Merritt Sonya Halpern Nan Orrock Michael Rhett David Lucas Kenya Wicks Freddie Sims Derek Mallow Elena Parent RaShaun Kemp Josh McLaurin Tonya Anderson Randal Mangham

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Committee referrals

February 17, 2026 · Senate

Finance

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 17, 2026
Senate Senate Read and Referred
February 12, 2026
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2116243
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB502.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00