Policy Insights
GAMVP’s home for bill tracking, calls to action, and legislative updates.
The 2026 Georgia Legislative Session Starts January 12, 2026.
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GAMVP is committed to advancing immigrant rights because we believe that every individual, regardless of their background or language preference, deserves the opportunity to thrive and contribute to their community.
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Position: Support
Summary: Requires law enforcement officials to wear visible identification during public immigration enforcement and prohibits them from wearing face coverings.
Updates: GAMVP is continuing to monitor this bill.
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Position: Support
Summary: This bill prohibits all government employees from having immigration enforcement present unless they have a judicial warrant to enter specific locations. Specifically in school grounds, college campuses, public places of worship, public libraries, hospitals, and family violence shelters. In simpler terms, immigration enforcement in these locations would require a warrant from a judge.
Updates: GAMVP will continue to monitor this bill.
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Position: Support
Summary: The bill allows any Georgia resident, except for state or local government employees, to sue ICE agents who violate their constitutional rights. It defines the parameters that courts should consider when residents are suing. Such as facial coverings, driving without a license plate, and failure to use a required body camera, etc
Updates: GAMVP will continue to monitor this bill.
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Position: Support
Summary: The Repeal of HB 1105. The introduction of HB 1053 which aims to repeal HB 1105, a bill that was passed and signed into law in 2024. Bill 1105 mandates increased cooperation between local law enforcement and ICE, including mandatory compliance with ICE detainer requests.
Updates: GAMVP will continue to monitor this bill.
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Position: Oppose
Summary: HB 994 would increase the penalty for being charged with a riot from a misdemeanor to a felony. We are concerned that this heightened penalty could chill constitutionally protected protest activity and disproportionately impact current social movements, including anti-ICE protests.
Updates: GAMVP will continue to monitor this bill.
GAMVP is dedicated to openly discussing, supporting and advocating for social movements that advance justice, equity, and overall fundamental rights of individuals and communities.
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Position: Oppose
Summary: SB 116 proposes to expand DNA collection requirements in Georgia. Under this bill, DNA samples would be collected from individuals held in detention facilities who are charged with a misdemeanor or felony and are also subject to immigration detainer notices. This proposal raises serious privacy concerns and could lead to further criminalization of BIPOC communities.
Updates: As of 2/28/26- This bill has passed out of the senate floor and is now headed to the house side where it will be heard in its respective house committee. GAMVP will continue to monitor this bill.
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Position: Oppose
Summary: HB 1158 would remove all mention of the West Bank on state documents and replace it with Judea and Samaria. This would effectively remove any mention of Palestinian National Identity from all official state documents. For context, the U.S. Senate introduced a similar bill over a year ago and has not passed it.
We believe that this is not a bill that Georgia should consider. Foreign Policy belongs to the federal government, and Georgia legislators should focus on things like equitable access to education, food and job security, and healthcare.
Updates: To sign a letter petition against this bill to your politician visit: https://bit.ly/noHB1158. GAMVP will continue to monitor this bill and provide updates.
GAMVP is committed to advancing policies that make voting more accessible and protecting the voting rights of BAMEMSA (Black, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian) communities statewide.
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Position: Oppose
Summary: SB 214 aims to neutralize the ballot casting machine and require all votes to be hand counted by poll workers. If you are early voting, you would still vote on the machine as usual, but after the polls close, poll workers would be required to hand count the entire day’s ballots. This bill would also require Election day voters to vote on paper ballots and not on the machines used for all elections thus far.
If passed, reverting to old methods would lead to longer waits at polling places, confusion on how ballots are handled, delayed results that fuel misinformation and distrust, and increased risk of mistakes.
Updates: We will continue to keep you updated on how you can take action.
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Position: Support
Summary: House Bill 324 bill aims to allow certain individuals preferential treatment during voting hours. If you are 75 years or older, have a child within two years of age or younger, or disabled you are able to move to the front of the line. This bill passed out of the Governmental Affairs committee and is now heading to a floor vote soon.
Updates: Governmental Affairs committee and is now heading to a floor vote soon. We will continue to keep you updated on how you can take action.
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Position: Oppose
Summary: House Bill 215 will require Georgia to remove itself from the ERIC database. The ERIC database is a crucial database for Georgia to be a part of. It's a multistate voter maintenance list which allows states to identify voters who have moved from one ERIC state to another, voters who have moved within the state, voters with duplicate registrations, and voters who have passed away recently.
ERIC allows the state to have updated and accurate voting rolls, removing Georgia from this database will be harmful for upcoming elections.
Updates: We will continue to keep you updated on how you can take action.
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Position: Support
Summary: House Resolution 1033 and Senate Resolution 558
These two resolutions pertain to the redistricting process in the state of Georgia. It aims to put an end to mid-year redistricting and require Georgia to only redraw congressional maps after a census.
Over the past few years, Georgia has experienced a number of district changes that have directly impacted your representation in the General Assembly and U.S. Congress. At Georgia Muslim Voter Project we strive to prevent voter confusion and instead increase voter participation.
Due to this, we oppose partisan redrawing of maps which give one party favorable conditions over another, and do not take into account communities of interest and their needs to be kept together.
If these resolutions are passed it will appear on our ballots as a ballot referendum that will allow Georgians the opportunity to directly vote on this resolution.
Updates: We will continue to keep you updated on how you can take action.
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Position: Oppose
Summary: This bill modifies the deadline for SB 189 which passed in 2024, forcing the general assembly to find an alternative to existing voting machines that cast our ballots via QR codes. SB 189 requires the assembly to find an alternative by July 1, 2026.
HB 1423 aims to push back the deadline to July 1, 2027 to find the new method for casting ballots.
There have been many attempts to bring hand marked ballots or paper ballots to Georgia, but GAMVP believes that this change should take place after 2028 to allow for adequate preparation, avoid unnecessary conflict, and prevent spending on new equipment given the significant investment already made in the current voting equipment.
Updates: We will keep you updated on this bill, and any changes coming to the voting process.
GAMVP is committed to expanding and protecting religious freedom for Muslim and other faith communities, ensuring that individuals can practice their faith without fear of discrimination or restriction.
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Position: Add an amendment to these bills that would explicitly mention ALL faith groups.
Summary: House Bill 1363 & Senate Bill 523 These bills plan to codify a definition for religious discrimination in public schools (including public universities) but fail to explicitly mention all faith groups.
These bills explicitly mention antisemitism as a form of religious discrimination based on the previously codified IHRA definition. ⬇️
The state of Georgia recognizes the IHRA definition of anti-semitism: “the useful examples of discriminatory anti-Israel acts CAN cross the line into anti-semitism.”
“Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, by claiming that the existence of a state of Israel is a racist endeavor (IHRA).”
Updates: GAMVP will continue to monitor and provide updates on these bills.