---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Lottery for Education Act; winner of lottery prize to remain anonymous under certain conditions; allow"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Georgia Lottery for Education Act, so as to allow a winner of a lottery prize to remain anonymous under certain conditions; 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: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 331"
citation: "Georgia SB 331 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gloria Butler", "Greg Kirk", "Jeff Mullis", "Nan Orrock", "Steve Henson", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e57b695-8b34-4275-a0b4-800d62df0ccf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fb93405ef4f6491138bf5334da3e6e2b9814dcfaa267abb3b18dae8340c740d7"
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 331 (2017_18) — Georgia Lottery for Education Act; winner of lottery prize to remain anonymous under certain conditions; allow

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Georgia Lottery for Education Act, so as to allow a winner of a lottery prize to remain anonymous under certain conditions; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **51–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
- Steve Henson — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-18** Senate Hopper
- **2018-01-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-02-05** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2018-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** Act 445 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e57b695-8b34-4275-a0b4-800d62df0ccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).