Georgia ballot measure · November 3, 2026
Georgia Proposed Constitutional Amendment, explained
Dedicated state fund for Next Generation 9-1-1. A ballot measure is a yes-or-no question put directly to voters — no candidate is involved, and the wording on the ballot is the wording that becomes law. This page shows that wording first, then what it actually changes.
The official wording
Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to dedicate certain existing revenues, including revenues reallocated by law, to a nonlapsing fund to be used exclusively for the expansion, maintenance, and operation of emergency 9-1-1 systems in this state?
This is what appears on the ballot. Everything below explains it.
What it actually means
Georgia's constitution limits the legislature's ability to set money aside in dedicated funds. This amendment would let it create one specifically for 9-1-1: a Georgia Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund that existing revenues could be directed into, whose money could be spent only on expanding, maintaining and running the state's 9-1-1 systems, including the move to an internet-based Next Generation 9-1-1 network. The amendment does not itself raise a tax or fee or say which revenues go into the fund; that would be left to ordinary legislation.
If you vote YES
- The General Assembly could create by general law a Georgia Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund and could dedicate and deposit revenues from specified sources into it.
- Money in the fund could be used only for the expansion, maintenance and operation of 9-1-1 systems across the state, including the transition to Next Generation 9-1-1; any other appropriation from the fund would be void.
- Money in the fund would not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and would be exempt from the constitution's usual limits on dedicating revenue (Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(a) and Article VII, Section III, Paragraph II).
- Which revenues are directed into the fund, and how much, would still have to be decided by separate legislation.
If you vote NO
- There would be no dedicated constitutional fund for 9-1-1, and money for 9-1-1 systems would continue to be appropriated through the ordinary budget process and from existing local 9-1-1 charges.
- The constitution's general limits on dedicating state revenue to particular purposes would continue to apply.
- The state's move to Next Generation 9-1-1 would proceed, or not, on whatever funding the legislature appropriates year to year. The Georgia Emergency Communications Authority says the state's 9-1-1 infrastructure has changed little since it began in 1968.
Why supporters say YES
We found none published in the sources reviewed.
Why opponents say NO
We found none published in the sources reviewed.
What’s genuinely uncertain
- No committee has registered to support or oppose the amendment and Ballotpedia has located no campaign against it, so no arguments are presented on either side. The Georgia Emergency Communications Authority and the Georgia Municipal Association have endorsed it, and sponsors and supporters in the legislature include Republicans and Democrats; Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones (D-22) said of current service, "We hear many stories: They call 911, a person may not answer."
- The amendment does not identify which revenues would be dedicated to the fund or how large it would be, and no fiscal note establishing that was located. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a clarification stating that passage would not automatically increase the 9-1-1 fee on Georgians' phone bills.
- The number the amendment will carry on the ballot had not been published when this was written.
The bottom line
Whether to let the legislature wall off money in a dedicated, non-lapsing fund that can only be spent on 9-1-1 systems, against keeping 9-1-1 funding inside the ordinary annual budget where it competes with everything else.
One neutral sentence describing the tradeoff — not a recommendation.
Checking it against the official text
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