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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Secretary of State; establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; require"
+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 require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; to provide for minimum resolution requirements for such scans; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 974"
+citation: "Georgia HB 974 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Burchett", "John LaHood", "Rob Leverett", "Shaw Blackmon", "Todd Jones", "Victor Anderson"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-01-22"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61575614-d799-46c9-9b3a-ff9d25f4c500"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b54620216e5b30d4276e7030a88babace5653326220c16da24fbd834261b366e"
+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 974 (2023_24) — Secretary of State; establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; require
+
+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 require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; to provide for minimum resolution requirements for such scans; 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. **HB 974/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229536.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 2702/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221428.pdf)
+3. **LC 47 2775S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222706.pdf)
+4. **LC 47 2809S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225788.pdf)
+5. **LC 47 2809S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223552.pdf)
+6. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 47 3066S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227820.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #814 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–6** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #763 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–20** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #841 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **136–29** (pass) · lower
+- House Vote #567 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Burchett — primary (person)
+- John LaHood — primary (person)
+- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
+- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
+- Todd Jones — primary (person)
+- Victor Anderson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-22** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-07** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2024-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 589 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61575614-d799-46c9-9b3a-ff9d25f4c500`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+