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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Georgia Business Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state purchasing, so as to provide an exemption from competitive bidding procedures; to increase the exemption threshold for competitive bidding procedures; to change a short title; to change a definition relative to small business assistance; to revise legislative intent; to provide for a short title; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 259"
+citation: "Georgia HB 259 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Chad Nimmer", "Christian Coomer", "Matt Hatchett", "Robert Dickey", "Terry Rogers"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-09"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ace7edf-01d0-4c67-8c1d-295a4dc72cfd"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "10da96ae06d4f22b06685748f399512d5cd1ac310cb0bd4633ea0ee57af19db0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 259 (2015_16) — Georgia Business Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state purchasing, so as to provide an exemption from competitive bidding procedures; to increase the exemption threshold for competitive bidding procedures; to change a short title; to change a definition relative to small business assistance; to revise legislative intent; to provide for a short title; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 259/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153407.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 0773/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147085.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **153–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amy Carter — primary (person)
+- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
+- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 197 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ace7edf-01d0-4c67-8c1d-295a4dc72cfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+