Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp is the Governor of Georgia, in office since 2019, and previously served as Georgia's secretary of state. Entries naming him record his signature on bills passed by the Georgia General Assembly and his convening of the legislature for redistricting.
2026 Events (1)
Brian Kemp convened Georgia redistricting session under Trump pressure to reduce minority representation; legislature blocked it
Following the Supreme Court's June 2026 Louisiana v. Callais ruling weakening the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 protections, President Trump pressured Republican-led states to redraw electoral maps mid-decade to reduce minority representation. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp convened a special legislative session on June 17, 2026 to undertake redistricting; voting rights groups estimated ~26 legislative seats with large minority populations were at risk. House Speaker Jon Burns blocked the session before it could proceed, announcing the legislature would not take up redistricting without more public input and further court development of post-Callais doctrine.
2025 Events (2)
Georgia Gov. Kemp signed SB185, barring state-funded gender dysphoria treatment for transgender people in state prisons
On May 8, 2025, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 185 into law, barring the use of state funds or resources to provide gender dysphoria treatment - including hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery - to people in Georgia state custody. The law singled out incarcerated transgender people for the denial of medically recognized care that many had already been receiving.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the Riley Gaines Act, barring transgender athletes and ending gender-identity recognition in sex-segregated spaces
On April 28, 2025, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 1, the "Riley Gaines Act of 2025," into law. The act bars transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams from K-12 through college, requires restroom, locker-room, and sleeping facilities at athletic events to be separated by birth-assigned sex, and defines "sex" in state law by birth-assigned sex. The measures end state recognition of transgender residents' gender identity in the covered contexts and create a private right of action against schools that do not comply.
2023 Events (1)
Georgia Gov. Kemp signed SB 140 banning gender-affirming surgery and hormone therapy for minors
On March 23, 2023, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 140, barring licensed facilities and physicians from performing gender-transition surgeries or providing hormone replacement therapy to minors under 18 for gender dysphoria. The law, passed by the Georgia General Assembly, provides narrow exceptions for disorders of sex development and grandfathers in minors already on hormone therapy before July 1, 2023. Violations expose physicians and facilities to discipline by the Georgia Composite Medical Board, including permit revocation.
2022 Events (1)
Georgia Gov. Kemp signed HB 1084, authorizing K-12 ban on transgender athletes in girls' sports
On April 28, 2022, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed HB 1084, the "Protect Students First Act," into law at the State Capitol in Atlanta. A last-minute floor amendment added April 5, 2022 empowers a newly created executive oversight committee to adopt a policy barring students whose gender is male from competing on girls'-designated K-12 athletic teams, with noncompliant schools forfeiting state QBE funding.