At least 125 bills will become law starting July 1, according to a summary from the House Budget & Research Office. Other bills took effect with Kemp's signature, and some required more preparation before taking effect on Jan. 1.

Here's a look at some of the laws that go into effect on Monday:

Georgia state government spending has been set at $36.1 billion for the fiscal year that begins Monday. The budget includes additional funding for school transportation, improving school safety and pay raises for government employees and teachers.

Lawmakers also approved a reduction in the income tax rate from 5.49% to 5.39%, saving taxpayers a total of $360 million in fiscal year 2025, according to House Bill 1015.

A new law sets standards for the legitimacy of election challenges, thereby creating rules for the period before the presidential election.

Conservative activists have challenged more than 100,000 voter registrations since the passage of Georgia's 2021 election law, which allows voters to challenge an unlimited number of registrations.

The challenges target voters who may have moved or registered at an address other than their home address, but some of the challenges have also forced military personnel, students and homeless people to defend their right to vote.

Under the new law, Senate Bill 189, voter challenges will be allowed if someone registered in a different county, has died, or registered at an address other than their home address. National address change records will not be considered sufficient evidence of a voter challenge, and challenges will not be considered within 45 days of an election.

Other election laws that take effect Monday add watermarks to ballots, require more oversight of nationwide elections and guarantee close access to election observers.

The Georgia state legislature has created minimum requirements for rental properties, requiring them to be “suitable for human occupancy.”

The new state standard was developed in response to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's 18-month “Dangerous Dwellings” investigation, which revealed dangerous conditions for tens of thousands of renters in the metropolitan area.

However, the law (House Bill 404) does not define what constitutes a habitable property, nor does it make clear what penalties landlords face for non-compliance.

The law also provides a three-day grace period during which tenants must pay their rent before landlords file an eviction suit. It also limits the amount of the security deposit so that it cannot exceed two months' rent.

Patient caregivers – such as family members – are given the legal right to visit their relatives in the hospital or nursing home during a public health crisis such as the COVID-10 pandemic.

The law, called House Bill 663, is a response to family members who were not allowed to see their dying parents after dropping them off at the hospital at the height of the pandemic.

By law, patients can designate an essential caregiver who has the right to be with them 24 hours a day, with some exceptions established by hospitals.

In response to fentanyl overdoses, the opioid countermedication naloxone will be more readily available in schools, college campuses and government buildings.

The law, Senate Bill 395, allows teachers, visitors or students to carry naloxone and administer the drug to someone who has suffered an overdose. Naloxone is now exempt from being classified as a dangerous drug when used to prevent overdoses, according to the law.

In addition, naloxone can be sold through vending machines.

Other new education laws require an automated external defibrillator in every public school and increase the fine for passing a stopped school bus to at least $1,000.