Georgia lawmakers set special-session meeting dates and emergency backup rules

The adopted resolution sets four meeting days for Georgia’s 2026 special session. The schedule covers the Georgia House and Senate. A later resolution can change the schedule. Each chamber can choose its own starting and ending hours. On and after June 22, 2026, later resolutions specify further breaks during the special session. Saturdays and Sundays are days off unless a later resolution says otherwise.

The House speaker and Senate president may jointly suspend the schedule and choose when lawmakers reconvene. These arrangements cover the special session when an emergency or disaster makes work at the Atlanta Capitol unsafe, impractical, or impossible. Without the governor’s declaration of a temporary government location, lawmakers must reconvene at the Capitol. Leaders must promptly notify their chamber’s lawmakers. Both chambers remain on break until the chosen date. After reconvening, lawmakers may jointly adopt another schedule. Adoption of this resolution gives both chambers’ consent to the emergency breaks. Leaders choose the date and time to reconvene when they suspend the schedule.