---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; definitions; provide for uniform equipment and ballot marking devices"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for definitions; 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 316"
citation: "Georgia HB 316 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Ed Rynders", "Jan Jones", "Jon Burns", "Sam Watson", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/269e305b-a6b6-4ae9-8d62-00c55e06e47d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0cf5e45cc68abb4b2dfc9c88f0b21e0ca920ac26d9759d61f9c9664d533c77e4"
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 316 (2019_20) — Elections; definitions; provide for uniform equipment and ballot marking devices

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for definitions; 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.

1. **HB 316/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184671.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9185/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181510.pdf)
3. **LC 47 0111S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182952.pdf)
4. **LC 47 0111S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182420.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 9313S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183955.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **101–72** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** House Hopper
- **2019-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-02-26** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-14** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Act 24 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/269e305b-a6b6-4ae9-8d62-00c55e06e47d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).