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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Telephone System for the Physically Impaired; state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; provisions; change"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to telephone system for the physically impaired, so as to change certain provisions relating to the establishment, administration, and operation of the state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; to change certain legislative findings and declarations; to modify the prohibition as to the distribution of telecommunications equipment under the telecommunications equipment distribution program based on a certain income level; to provide that wireless devices and applications may be distributed as part of the telecommunications equipment distribution program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 100"
+citation: "Georgia SB 100 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Frank Ginn", "Harold Jones II", "Jack Hill", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass", "P. K. Martin IV", "Randy Robertson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-13"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f62823e-7547-4109-ab34-cfb2db2f1d2c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "60b1dad4ab2589bf1e165c264c79fc7e7ccaf64ad53afb203b237145e6830c58"
+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 100 (2019_20) — Telephone System for the Physically Impaired; state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; provisions; change
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to telephone system for the physically impaired, so as to change certain provisions relating to the establishment, administration, and operation of the state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; to change certain legislative findings and declarations; to modify the prohibition as to the distribution of telecommunications equipment under the telecommunications equipment distribution program based on a certain income level; to provide that wireless devices and applications may be distributed as part of the telecommunications equipment distribution program; 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 36 3816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181310.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183544.pdf)
+3. **SB100/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185581.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
+- Jack Hill — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-13** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 259 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f62823e-7547-4109-ab34-cfb2db2f1d2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+