---
type: "Bill"
title: "County law libraries; repeal a population provision regarding the disposition of law library funds in certain counties"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county law libraries, so as to repeal a population provision regarding the disposition of law library funds in certain counties; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 134"
citation: "Georgia HB 134 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Moore", "Bonnie Rich", "Chuck Efstration", "Deborah Silcox", "Ginny Ehrhart", "Gregg Kennard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86b5bc03-477b-4d72-9a93-f311605cad87"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a087b9cce3547ca8ed7b9ccdec9e8bc9994b9f3f591bc778ba572827bb371129"
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 134 (2019_20) — County law libraries; repeal a population provision regarding the disposition of law library funds in certain counties

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county law libraries, so as to repeal a population provision regarding the disposition of law library funds in certain counties; to provide for related matters; to provide 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 134/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187065.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9084/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180308.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Moore — primary (person)
- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Gregg Kennard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** House Hopper
- **2019-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 240 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86b5bc03-477b-4d72-9a93-f311605cad87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).