Nine Georgia HOA transparency bills, and not one floor vote
Nine Georgia HOA transparency bills, and not one floor vote
2026-09-10 · Georgia · Legislation · Did not pass
What happened. Georgia's HOA reform debate is usually told through four or five bills. The House's own Session Final composite status report shows a much larger field — a whole tier of transparency, records and election measures that attracted almost no coverage and produced no floor votes.1
All died at sine die on 2 April 2026.
The two that cleared committee
These got furthest, and both stopped in the same place: reported out, never calendared, did not cross.
- HB 1221 — “Property owners' associations; written notice of certain sums; provide.” House Judiciary; read first 6 February 2026, second 9 February 2026; favourably reported 24 February 2026.
- HB 1222 — “Specialized land transactions; issuance of statements of accounts; provide.” House Regulated Industries; read first 6 February 2026, second 9 February 2026; favourably reported 18 February 2026.
Both concern the same practical grievance: a Georgia owner who cannot get a straight answer about what they owe. Notably, HB 1221's subject — written notice of sums due before they escalate — is close to what did become law, in Section 7 of SB 406's attorney-fee notice requirement.
The one that was withdrawn and recommitted
HB 512 — “Property owners' associations; revise provisions” — was the most substantive of the group and the most genuinely bipartisan. It would have required:
- annual certificates of good standing documenting full assessment payment;
- statements of account within ten business days of a request; and
- mandatory alternative dispute resolution before a lien could be created.
Sponsors crossed the aisle: Lisa Campbell (D), Carolyn Hugley (D), Regina Lewis-Ward (D), Alan Powell (R), Kim Schofield (D) and Dale Washburn (R). House Regulated Industries; read first 20 February 2025, second 21 February 2025; withdrawn and recommitted 4 April 2025. Dead.
The six that never left committee
- HB 62 — the “Georgia HOA Accountability and Community Empowerment Act,” by Viola Davis, Kim Schofield and Sandra Scott: one vote per lot or unit, board members must be resident owners, minimum three-member boards, mandatory annual elections, ballot and proxy procedures, a process to contest election outcomes through the Secretary of State, and annual registration. House Governmental Affairs, 16-17 January 2025.
- HB 403 — “Property; protections for homeowners and tenants.” House Judiciary, 12-13 February 2025.
- HB 415 — the “Homeowners Protection Act.” House Judiciary, 13-18 February 2025.
- HB 1115 — the “End Home Poaching Act.” House Governmental Affairs, 2-3 February 2026.
- HB 1251 — the “Right to Information for Homeowners Act.” House Governmental Affairs, 10-11 February 2026.
- HB 1252 — the “Homes for Georgians First Act.” House Judiciary, 10-11 February 2026.
A correction worth making, because it has propagated: some summaries state HB 62 was “tabled in the House on 3/31/2026” and “recommitted in the Senate on 1/12/2026.” Those actions belong to the bill immediately above it in the composite — HB 61, an extended-stay-hotel measure. HB 62 never left House Governmental Affairs.
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