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Georgia Medical Freedom Act would end health-board vaccine mandate power

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Georgia's 2026 session saw bills to protect medical choice, examine immunization records in sudden child deaths, license community midwives, and make gold and silver legal tender, but none passed before the session ended. An expanded right-to-try law was signed in 2025.

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SupportSB424 / HB1306Did not pass (session ended)

Make gold and silver legal tender

Makes gold and silver specie legal tender, creates a bullion depository and payment system, bans social credit scoring, and bars taxing gold and silver transactions.

Sound money and freedom from social credit scoring protect families' savings and independence.

Last action: House Second Readers (Mar 10, 2026)
Financial freedomLower taxes
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SupportSB497Did not pass (session ended)

Notify parents of school noninstructional services

Requires written notice to parents when a student receives certain noninstructional services from school employees and adds this to Georgia's Parents' Bill of Rights.

Parents, not the state, should know about and direct the care their children receive.

Last action: House Second Readers (Mar 6, 2026)
Parental rights
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SupportSB546Did not pass (session ended)

Review vaccine records in sudden child deaths

Requires coroners and medical examiners to include toxicology studies and immunization records when investigating a child's sudden, unexpected death, and gives them access to vaccination records.

Grieving families deserve complete investigations, and better data helps identify vaccine injuries.

Last action: Senate Read and Referred (Feb 24, 2026)
Vaccine injury
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SupportHB1350Did not pass (session ended)

Pass the Georgia Medical Freedom Act

Protects individuals' right to make their own decisions about medical interventions, bans exclusion based on them, and repeals the power of public health boards to require vaccinations.

No one should be forced to accept a medical intervention to take part in public life.

Last action: House Second Readers (Feb 19, 2026)
Bodily autonomyMedical freedom
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SupportSB476Did not pass (session ended)

Cut the state income tax rate

The Income Tax Reduction Act of 2026 reduces the personal income tax rate.

Families should keep more of what they earn.

Last action: House Second Readers (Feb 18, 2026)
Lower taxes
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SupportHB163Did not pass (session ended)

Label lab-grown meat at restaurants

Requires food service establishments to disclose when food contains cell-cultured meat or plant-based meat alternatives.

People have a right to know what is in the food they buy.

Last action: Senate Read Second Time (Feb 6, 2026)
Food freedom
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SupportSB72Signed into law

Expanded right to try (signed)

The Hope for Georgia Patients Act expands access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with severely debilitating or life-threatening illnesses, with written informed consent.

Seriously ill patients should be free to try treatments with their informed consent.

Last action: Effective Date 2025-07-01 (May 12, 2025)
Medical freedom
SupportSB136 / SB258Did not pass (session ended)

License certified community midwives

Creates a Certified Community Midwife Board with licensure and regulation of community midwives. A related bill adds a grant program for midwife-led birth centers.

Families should have access to qualified midwives and the birth setting of their choice.

Last action: Senate Read and Referred (Feb 27, 2025)
Home birth & midwifery
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