HB 1063 Georgia House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Electric utilities; protect residential and retail electricity customers from costs associated with data center construction and operation; require

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to generation and distribution of electricity generally, so as to require electric utilities to protect residential and retail electricity customers from costs associated with data center construction and operation; to require certain contract terms and conditions; to provide for an applicability date; to provide for enforcement; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Issues: ✓ Energy

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2026 Last action Feb 18, 2026

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What changed between versions

LC 60 0283S/hs → LC 60 0283S/hcs · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a regular House bill to a committee substitute version, which typically indicates the House Special Committee on Resource Management made changes to the original text. The substantive content of the bill appears largely unchanged in this excerpt, with the main differences being formatting and the addition of sponsor information.

Scope change

No substantive scope change visible in this excerpt; the bill continues to address data center costs for residential and retail electricity customers in Georgia.

TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'The House Special Committee on Resource Management offers the following substitute to HB 1063' to 'House Bill 1063 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)' with added sponsor names.

Minor formatting adjustments in line numbering and spacing throughout the document.

Floor votes · House Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

139–5

Passed · 12 other

Total votes 156

Feb 17, 2026

D Democratic65

54 Yea 5 Nay 6

83% Yea

R Republican91

85 Yea 6

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Senate Read and Referred

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Passed/Adopted By Substitute

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

House Withdrawn, Recommitted

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

House Hopper

lower

6 primary · 0 co-sponsors