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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Primaries and Elections; time off for employees to advance vote; provide"
+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 for time off for employees to advance vote; 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: "SB 129"
+citation: "Georgia SB 129 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Ed Setzler", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Mike Hodges", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-09"
+last_action: "2023-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da688fcc-5e30-418f-98be-d1adcbfb6e9c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "189917539490d9bacd748351a17ab1f7e797f7720ec57cf86c21ed324dee841b"
+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 129 (2023_24) — Primaries and Elections; time off for employees to advance vote; provide
+
+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 for time off for employees to advance vote; 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 47 2066** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214175.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216110.pdf)
+3. **LC 47 2471S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218219.pdf)
+4. **SB 129/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219682.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #309 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–3** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #81 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **33–23** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #82 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–4** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #277 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
+- Carden Summers — primary (person)
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
+- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
+- Max Burns — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
+- Rick Williams — primary (person)
+- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-09** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2023-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04** Act 341 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da688fcc-5e30-418f-98be-d1adcbfb6e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+