Legislation: batch A — AK AL AR AZ CO CT DE GA HI IA ID

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-199.md

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections; provide for a definition; prohibit certain activities within close proximity to polling places"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide a definition; to prohibit certain activities within close proximity to polling places; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "SB 199"
+citation: "Georgia SB 199 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Burt Jones", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Mike Dugan", "Rick Jeffares", "Tyler Harper"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-03-03"
+last_action: "2016-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6ffb13f-9baa-49e9-98c6-b4e0e6f415ae"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e99328a14a632ff07311d8733b1296b95379708cdca5236af9898368396f84d2"
+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 SB 199 (2015_16) — Elections; provide for a definition; prohibit certain activities within close proximity to polling places
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide a definition; to prohibit certain activities within close proximity to polling places; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 28 7557** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149817.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156390.pdf)
+3. **CCR to SB 199 LC 25 6598S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162371.pdf)
+4. **LC 28 8092S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160926.pdf)
+5. **SB 199/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162401.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- MOTION TO ENGROSS — **39–17** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Heath — primary (person)
+- Burt Jones — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- John Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-03-03** Senate Hopper
+- **2015-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-01-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-01-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-03** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2016-02-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-22** House Postponed
+- **2016-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2016-03-24** House Insisted
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 11th, 17th, 30th
+- **2016-03-24** House Conference Committee Appointed 67th, 121st, 152nd
+- **2016-03-24** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2016-03-25** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 347 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6ffb13f-9baa-49e9-98c6-b4e0e6f415ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+