---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bingo; remove the daily permissible prize limitation while preserving the weekly permissible prize limitation"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-12-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rules and regulations relative to bingo, so as to remove the daily permissible prize limitation while preserving the weekly permissible prize limitation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 316"
citation: "Georgia SB 316 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-02"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6a00361-418b-43d4-b7fc-e35ee39745e6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "215a7ae217b721034c0087401b203aed74cb8773489976ac56855a49ecd2b687"
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 316 (2015_16) — Bingo; remove the daily permissible prize limitation while preserving the weekly permissible prize limitation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-12-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rules and regulations relative to bingo, so as to remove the daily permissible prize limitation while preserving the weekly permissible prize limitation; 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 36 2942** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156166.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158247.pdf)
3. **Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158241.pdf)
4. **Floor Amendment AM 36 0548** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160296.pdf)
5. **LC 36 3065S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159861.pdf)
6. **SB 316/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162281.pdf)
7. **SB 316/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160347.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **39–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-02** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 376 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6a00361-418b-43d4-b7fc-e35ee39745e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).