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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Distilled spirits; initiate a referendum election for the authorization of the issuance of licenses; provide additional method"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulations for manufacture, distribution, and package sales of distilled spirits, so as to provide an additional method of initiating a referendum election for the authorization of the issuance of licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits; to change certain provisions relating to the procedures for calling and conducting certain referendum elections and the nullifications thereof; 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: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 273"
+citation: "Georgia HB 273 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J Collins", "Kasey Carpenter", "Mandi Ballinger", "Matt Dollar"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-03"
+last_action: "2021-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d654565-3797-4aa7-bd67-dbc1d65d7df8"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "553e795d109f9dbfdf879063c4395d5649be4ab8192ccc98ccac3dde18c3a25e"
+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 273 (2021_22) — Distilled spirits; initiate a referendum election for the authorization of the issuance of licenses; provide additional method
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulations for manufacture, distribution, and package sales of distilled spirits, so as to provide an additional method of initiating a referendum election for the authorization of the issuance of licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits; to change certain provisions relating to the procedures for calling and conducting certain referendum elections and the nullifications thereof; 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 273/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202451.pdf)
+2. **LC 36 4507/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196679.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 4749S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200351.pdf)
+4. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 4853S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201706.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **142–24** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J Collins — primary (person)
+- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-03** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-05** Act 226 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-05** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d654565-3797-4aa7-bd67-dbc1d65d7df8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+