2026-09-10 · Georgia · Legislation · Pending — not yet law

What is coming. Three dates govern Georgia community-association law between now and the spring, and they arrive in an awkward order.

• 3 November 2026 — the general election. All 236 legislative seats, plus a new Secretary of State who will inherit the registry.
• 15 November 2026 — pre-filing opens under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-17. Twelve days after the election.
• 1 January 2027 — Chapter 43-17A takes effect.
• The second Monday in January 2027 — the General Assembly convenes, under Art. III, Sec. IV, Para. I of the Georgia Constitution.

So Georgia's new community-association statute goes live roughly ten days before the first legislature capable of amending it sits down — and that legislature will be substantially new.

Nothing is pre-filed, and nothing can be

As of today the legislature's own system contains no 2027-2028 session record. There are no pre-filed 2027 Georgia bills of any kind, and there cannot be for another nine weeks. Only members who will be eligible to consider a measure may pre-file, so the first HOA bills of the session will be filed by legislators elected or re-elected twelve days earlier.

Anyone reporting a pre-filed 2027 Georgia HOA bill right now is mistaken.

The only on-record signal from a legislator

Sen. Matt Brass (R-Newnan), who authored SB 406, told The Current GA in April 2026 that the bill “scratches the surface of the problems but establishes a framework for additional regulation in the future,” adding: “I was trying to rein in the bad associations without punishing the good ones.”¹

Read that honestly. It is a framework statement, not a bill announcement. In later interviews Brass stayed on the current law, describing the three goals as “more transparency… more accountability, and… fairness,” with no forward-looking remarks.

We could find no Georgia legislator who has publicly announced a specific HOA bill for 2027. What exists is one senator's framing that the work continues, and a set of dead bills with living sponsors.

And no committee is studying it

Georgia's 2026 interim study-committee roster runs to 24 committees covering health care, nuclear power, kratom, foster care, recycling and artificial intelligence. Not one touches homeowners associations, condominiums, housing affordability, property insurance or short-term rentals.

Two resolutions to create one — SR 445 in 2025 and HR 1675 in 2026 — both died. So whatever arrives in January will arrive without a committee record behind it.

1. “Georgia bill imposes stricter rules on HOA fines, property liens” — The Current GA, 10 April 2026 ↩
2. 2026 Composite Status Report, Session Final, Georgia House of Representatives (14 May 2026) ↩
3. Senate Bill 406, as passed (26 LC 49 2879S) — signed copy, Office of the Governor ↩
4. 2026 Georgia End of Session Report — Community Associations Institute Advocacy ↩
5. Georgia Rules and Regulations — currency statement, Georgia Secretary of State ↩