---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Contracts; contracting and bidding requirements"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the O.C.G.A., relating to bonds relating to contracts for public works, and Article 2 of Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to contracting and bidding requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Georgia SB 168 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "Joshua McKoon", "Lindsey Tippins", "Mike Dugan", "Ronnie Chance", "Ross Tolleson", "Tommie Williams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ff0fd62-ef08-4fbf-86c5-548a6b063db7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dc746b6d9e8eadc06092a156e85a4d6fd558e9ae04feb79bdb06f59bec6eace5"
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 168 (2013_14) — Public Contracts; contracting and bidding requirements

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the O.C.G.A., relating to bonds relating to contracts for public works, and Article 2 of Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to contracting and bidding requirements; 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 28 6576** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131010.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133101.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 28 6661S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132760.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5647S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134658.pdf)
5. **SB 168/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137204.pdf)
6. **SB 168/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135637.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack Hill — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Ronnie Chance — primary (person)
- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
- Tommie Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 30 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ff0fd62-ef08-4fbf-86c5-548a6b063db7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).