---
type: "Bill"
title: "Primaries and Elections; time off for employees to advance vote; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for time off for employees to advance vote; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 129"
citation: "Georgia SB 129 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Ed Setzler", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Mike Hodges", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da688fcc-5e30-418f-98be-d1adcbfb6e9c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "189917539490d9bacd748351a17ab1f7e797f7720ec57cf86c21ed324dee841b"
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 129 (2023_24) — Primaries and Elections; time off for employees to advance vote; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for time off for employees to advance vote; 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 47 2066** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214175.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216110.pdf)
3. **LC 47 2471S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218219.pdf)
4. **SB 129/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219682.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #309 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #81 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **33–23** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #82 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–4** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #277 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Act 341 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da688fcc-5e30-418f-98be-d1adcbfb6e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).