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2026 Georgia Ballot Measures

State

Year

Issue Category

Criminal Justice

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 8, 2016	Georgia	Amendment 2: Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund; Provide that General Assembly by Law May Impose Additional Penalties or Fees for the Offenses	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	Georgia	Amendment 4: Provides and allows assertion of certain rights for victims of crime in the judicial process	Passed

Education

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2018	Georgia	Amendment 5: Authorizes local referenda for educational sales taxes for certain school systems and distribution of proceeds	Passed

Government Operations

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2012	Georgia	Amendment 2: Authorizing Certain State Agencies to Enter into Multiyear Rental Agreements	Passed
Nov. 8, 2022	Georgia	SR 134: Amendment 1 - Public Officers; Suspension of Compensation; Felony; Provide	Passed
None	Georgia	House Resolution 1243: Authorize Creation of Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund Amendment	Pending

Health and Health Care

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 2, 2010	Georgia	Constitutional Amendment 2: Adds $10 Tag Fee on Private Passenger Vehicles to Fund Statewide Trauma Care Expansion	Failed
Nov. 4, 2014	Georgia	HR 1183: Constitutional Amendment 2	Passed
Nov. 8, 2016	Georgia	Amendment 4: Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution so as to Provide the Proceeds of Excise Taxes on the Sale of Fireworks or Consumer Fireworks in this State be Dedicated to the Funding of Trauma Care	Passed

Housing and Property

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	Georgia	Amendment 1: To encourage the preservation of Georgia's forests through a conservation use property tax reduction program.	Passed
Nov. 2, 2010	Georgia	Constitutional Amendment 5: Allows Owners of Industrial-Zoned Property to Choose to Remove the Industrial Designation from Their Property	Passed
Nov. 2, 2010	Georgia	State-Wide Referendum Question A: Provides for Inventory of Businesses to Be Exempt from State Property Tax	Passed
Nov. 4, 2014	Georgia	HB 788: State-wide Referendum Question A	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	Georgia	Referendum B: Provides a tax exemption for certain nonprofit-owned homes for the mentally disabled.	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Georgia	Amendment 1: Georgia Local Option Homestead Property Tax Exemption Amendment	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Georgia	Referendum A: Georgia Personal Property Tax Exemption Increase Measure	Passed

Infrastructure

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	Georgia	Amendment 3: To authorize the creation of special Infrastructure Development Districts providing infrastructure to underserved areas.	Failed

Natural Resources

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2018	Georgia	Amendment 1: Creates the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund to protect water quality, wildlife habitat, and parks	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	Georgia	Amendment 3: Encourages the conservation, sustainability, and longevity of Georgia's working forests through tax subclassification and grants	Passed
Nov. 8, 2022	Georgia	HB997: Referendum A - Georgia Timber Equipment Exempt from Property Taxes Measure	Passed