---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations, partnership, and associations; corporations may hold shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings, so as to provide that a corporation may hold annual shareholders' meetings and special shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; to provide for requirements for such meetings by remote communication; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 306"
citation: "Georgia HB 306 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Chuck Efstration", "Martin Momtahan", "Scott Holcomb", "Stan Gunter", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c56b6211-1eda-4dcc-8fcb-90140fd84996"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "160d42cbc7a0e1e3f25cee1ae3ea53762017afdec21a1ee57678cd1c9afb61c0"
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 306 (2021_22) — Corporations, partnership, and associations; corporations may hold shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings, so as to provide that a corporation may hold annual shareholders' meetings and special shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; to provide for requirements for such meetings by remote communication; 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. **HB 306/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202456.pdf)
2. **LC 41 2830/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196856.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3105S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201378.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** House Hopper
- **2021-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Act 37 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c56b6211-1eda-4dcc-8fcb-90140fd84996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).