• HB1464 carefully avoided suppressing the right to vote while making it much harder for election officials to manage the election process and efficiently run voting and tabulation of ballots.
• The bill essentially criminalizes any snafu in the back-end management of elections, giving the GBI authority over election investigations.
• It cuts off the over $43 million in private donations that election boards in Georgia received in 2020.
• It reduces the number of voting machines required.
• And it allows anyone to examine ballots as long as they are willing to pay for the process.

• SB171, like HB1464, criminalizes the legal right of assembly protected by the First Amendment. Blocking a highway or defacing a monument will become felonies. Individuals can sue local governments if protests turn violent. Running over someone while fleeing a protest will be legal (!) if the driver believes their life is in danger.

• HB1358 and SB318 abolish Georgia's requirement for a background check and license to carry a handgun in public. 

• HB1354 will compensate anyone wrongfully convicted via a petition to a panel of legal experts. Compensation would range from $50,000 to $100,000 for each year of incarceration. In the 38 states with similar laws, compensation averages about $70,000 a year.

• HB1084 and SB377 ban the teaching of "divisive concepts", aka critical race theory.

• HB1178 and SB449, the Parent's Bill of Rights, gather several bills into one law, among them a law giving parents the right to review all classroom materials.

• SB456 requires a woman to be examined by a doctor before being prescribed abortion pills, and bars the delivery of pills by mail without such an exam.

• SB435 bans transgender athletes from playing on school sports teams that match their gender identity.

• SB345 prohibits state agencies from mandating COVID vaccines.

• SB514 allows parents to opt children out of school mask mandates.

• SB393 prohibits social media platforms from removing or censoring content.

• HB824 raises pay for 180 House members and 56 Senators to 60% of the state median household income (about $36,000). The bill increases lawmakers’ pensions by about 40%.

• SR623 extends Senators' terms from two years to four.

• HB1437 cuts Georgia state income taxes by more than $1 billion. It sets a flat state income tax at a 5.25% rate, raises exemptions, and eliminates many deductions.

• HB1302 gives a one-time $250 tax refund to Georgia filers this year.

• HB304 suspends the state’s motor fuel taxes through May 31. This will subtract more than $400 million from road building which the governor intends to make up with part of last year's surplus.

• SB609 and HB1425 will grant more medical marijuana licenses, a process held up by legal challenges for the last six years.

• HB1150 protects farmers from nuisance lawsuits.

• SB504 requires cash bail for anyone charged with any felony.

• SB601, the school voucher bill. This would have directed $6,000 to any student wishing to attend private rather than public school.

• SB535 would have punished cities for helping the homeless.

• SB203 would have let drivers check their phones while they're stopped.

• SR131 and SB212 would have allowed betting on horse races. This could come back in new form to allow online betting on horse races.

• SB580 would have prohibited leadership campaign committees affiliated with General Assembly members from taking contributions during the legislative session.

• The Amended Budget increases spending through June 30 to $30.3 billion, nearly $450 million above the mid-year budget Gov. Kemp recommended in January.