---
type: "Bill"
title: "Compact for a Balanced Budget; adopt"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to adopt the Compact for a Balanced Budget and promote the proposal and ratification of a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution; to provide for powers, duties, and procedures relative to the Compact; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 794"
citation: "Georgia HB 794 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Bruce Williamson", "Edward Lindsey", "Josh Clark", "Lee Hawkins", "Paulette Braddock"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-22"
last_action: "2014-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a581915e-4cea-451d-b91d-1515eb385cf9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6d1c5b678dc0b1928a90ab7353a4904d83dce54e9563557a085231bf2294d59a"
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 794 (2013_14) — Compact for a Balanced Budget; adopt

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to adopt the Compact for a Balanced Budget and promote the proposal and ratification of a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution; to provide for powers, duties, and procedures relative to the Compact; to provide for related matters; to provide 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 794/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144709.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0485/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137875.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **103–63** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Josh Clark — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Paulette Braddock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-22** House Hopper
- **2014-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-12** Act 475 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a581915e-4cea-451d-b91d-1515eb385cf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).