SB 424 Georgia Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

"Transactional Gold and Silver Act"; enact

Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5A of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Office of State Treasurer, so as to provide for gold and silver specie as legal tender; to provide for a bullion depository; to provide for an electronic payment system; to provide for guidelines, rules and regulations; to provide for insured deposits; to prohibit social credit scoring systems; to provide for annual reports; to prohibit taxation of transactions involving gold and silver specie and legal tender; to provide for an implementation date; to provide for construction; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 27, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026
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Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2026

How they voted

2717
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 48
Mar 6, 2026
D Democratic19
9 Yea 9 Nay 1
47% Nay
R Republican29
18 Yea 8 Nay 3
62% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
17 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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