---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of State; establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; require"
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 require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; to provide for minimum resolution requirements for such scans; 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: "HB 974"
citation: "Georgia HB 974 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Burchett", "John LaHood", "Rob Leverett", "Shaw Blackmon", "Todd Jones", "Victor Anderson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61575614-d799-46c9-9b3a-ff9d25f4c500"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b54620216e5b30d4276e7030a88babace5653326220c16da24fbd834261b366e"
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 974 (2023_24) — Secretary of State; establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; require

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 require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; to provide for minimum resolution requirements for such scans; 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 974/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229536.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2702/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221428.pdf)
3. **LC 47 2775S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222706.pdf)
4. **LC 47 2809S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225788.pdf)
5. **LC 47 2809S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223552.pdf)
6. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 47 3066S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227820.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #814 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #763 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–20** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #841 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **136–29** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #567 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Burchett — primary (person)
- John LaHood — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
- Victor Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2024-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-26** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 589 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61575614-d799-46c9-9b3a-ff9d25f4c500`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).