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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections; definitions; provide for uniform equipment and ballot marking devices"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 316"
+citation: "Georgia HB 316 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Ed Rynders", "Jan Jones", "Jon Burns", "Sam Watson", "Trey Kelley"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-14"
+last_action: "2019-04-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/269e305b-a6b6-4ae9-8d62-00c55e06e47d"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0cf5e45cc68abb4b2dfc9c88f0b21e0ca920ac26d9759d61f9c9664d533c77e4"
+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 316 (2019_20) — Elections; definitions; provide for uniform equipment and ballot marking devices
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; 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 316/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184671.pdf)
+2. **LC 28 9185/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181510.pdf)
+3. **LC 47 0111S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182952.pdf)
+4. **LC 47 0111S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182420.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 9313S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183955.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **101–72** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
+- Jan Jones — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-14** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-02-26** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-13** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2019-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-14** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2019-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-02** Act 24 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-02** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/269e305b-a6b6-4ae9-8d62-00c55e06e47d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+