Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia SB406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to require the registration of property owners' associations; to provide for renewals and amendments; to provide for appeals; to provide for a State Board for Review of Complaints Regarding Property Owners' Associations; to provide for review of complaints; to amend Code Section 44-3-232 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assessments against lot owners as constituting lien in favor of association, additional charges against lot owners, procedure for foreclosing lien, and obligation to provide statement of amounts due, so as to provide for authorization of liens and use of assessments; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
Floor Amend ADOPTED Senators James of the 28th and Brass of the 6th offered the following amendment: Amend the Senate Committee on Judiciary substitute to SB 406 (LC 49 2756S) by inserting between lines 257 and 258 the following: (C) No member of the board shall be employed by or have material business interests with a law firm that represents property owners' association boards or be employed by or have material business interests with a property management firm offering services to such associations.
Sponsors
- Reynaldo Martinez (R, 111) · primary sponsor
- Matt Brass (R, 6) · primary sponsor
- Donzella James (D, 28)
- Kay Kirkpatrick (R, 32)
- Clint Dixon (R, 45)
- (D, 12)