---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telephone System for the Physically Impaired; state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; provisions; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to telephone system for the physically impaired, so as to change certain provisions relating to the establishment, administration, and operation of the state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; to change certain legislative findings and declarations; to modify the prohibition as to the distribution of telecommunications equipment under the telecommunications equipment distribution program based on a certain income level; to provide that wireless devices and applications may be distributed as part of the telecommunications equipment distribution program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 100"
citation: "Georgia SB 100 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Frank Ginn", "Harold Jones II", "Jack Hill", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass", "P. K. Martin IV", "Randy Robertson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f62823e-7547-4109-ab34-cfb2db2f1d2c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "60b1dad4ab2589bf1e165c264c79fc7e7ccaf64ad53afb203b237145e6830c58"
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 100 (2019_20) — Telephone System for the Physically Impaired; state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; provisions; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to telephone system for the physically impaired, so as to change certain provisions relating to the establishment, administration, and operation of the state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; to change certain legislative findings and declarations; to modify the prohibition as to the distribution of telecommunications equipment under the telecommunications equipment distribution program based on a certain income level; to provide that wireless devices and applications may be distributed as part of the telecommunications equipment distribution program; 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 3816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181310.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183544.pdf)
3. **SB100/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185581.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Jack Hill — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 259 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f62823e-7547-4109-ab34-cfb2db2f1d2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).