ATLANTA (October 14, 2026) — Senate Appropriations Chairman Blake Tillery (R–Vidalia) recently attended a groundbreaking ceremony hosted by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) for a new $20.7 million forensic restoration facility in Augusta. The 40-bed facility, located on the campus of East Central Regional Hospital, will expand Georgia’s capacity to provide competency restoration services and help alleviate growing demands on local jails and courts.
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ATLANTA (February 18, 2026) —On Friday, February 20, Senate Appropriations Chairman Blake Tillery (R–Vidalia), President Pro Tempore Larry Walker (R–Perry) and Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte (R–Dallas), will hold a press conference to outline plans for the construction of Georgia’s first new forensic mental health hospital in more than six decades.
Continue readingSen. Blake Tillery’s Plan to Cut Georgia’s Income Tax Passes Senate
ATLANTA (February 12, 2026) — This week, Sen. Blake Tillery’s (R–Vidalia) plan to eliminate the state income tax for two-thirds of Georgians, reduce the tax rate for the other third by over $5,000, and eventually eliminate the state income tax for everyone passed the Georgia Senate. Georgia families and small businesses will get tax relief while the budget priorities of the state are fully funded.
Continue readingTillery: The Case for Ending Georgia’s Income Tax
By: Sen. Blake Tillery (R–Vidalia)
Georgia families need relief.
Gas prices don’t wait on legislation. Neither do groceries, power bills or child care. Families feel those costs every week, and they’ve been clear about what they want from their elected officials: fewer excuses and more money left in their paychecks.
That’s why the Georgia Senate created the Special Committee on Eliminating Georgia’s Income Tax, which I had the privilege of chairing. Our committee’s job was not to debate whether income tax elimination is a good idea. That debate is largely moot at this point. Our charge was to figure out how to do it responsibly.
Here’s what we found.
Continue readingSenate Special Committee on Eliminating Georgia’s Income Tax to Hold Final Meeting
ATLANTA (January 6, 2026) — On Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Study Committee on Eliminating Georgia’s Income Tax, chaired by Sen. Blake Tillery (R–Vidalia), will hold its final hearing for the purpose of adopting the committee report.
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