Georgia Senate Bill 521

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10)
Status: Introduced on February 17 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-18 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of specialized land transactions, so as to establish a residency requirement for board members and officers of condominium associations and property owners' associations; to require the instruments and bylaws of each condominium association and property owners' association to provide for such residency requirement; to provide for construction; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Specialized Land Transactions; a residency requirement for board members and officers of condominium associations and property owners' associations; establish

Sen. Donzella James [D]	Sen. Nikki Merritt [D]	Sen. Michael Rhett [D]	Sen. Josh McLaurin [D]
Sen. Ed Harbison [D]	Sen. Sheikh Rahman [D]	Sen. Tonya Anderson [D]	Sen. Sonya Halpern [D]
Sen. Kim Jackson [D]	Sen. Gail Davenport [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-18	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2026-02-17	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73323
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/242894