republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-124.md

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Bill	Local elections; votes cast for disapproval of Sunday alcohol sales by retailers shall not nullify prior election results; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3-3-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulation of sales of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, so as to provide that an election in which the votes cast are for disapproval of Sunday package sales by retailers of malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits shall not nullify the prior election results for approval of Sunday package sales by retailers of malt beverages and wine; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 124	Georgia HB 124 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Brett Harrell Karen Bennett Kevin Cooke Tom Taylor Virgil Fludd	5	19	1	2013-01-28	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1c465676-d338-4af9-995c-a89c709ce7dd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a1fe5428830db73fe5eb1c5af5b8fff2f464f83124e8e32ffea0ee068697fb90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 124 (2013_14) — Local elections; votes cast for disapproval of Sunday alcohol sales by retailers shall not nullify prior election results; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3-3-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulation of sales of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, so as to provide that an election in which the votes cast are for disapproval of Sunday package sales by retailers of malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits shall not nullify the prior election results for approval of Sunday package sales by retailers of malt beverages and wine; 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 124/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 2223/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 2260S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 2300S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 36 2300S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 161–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Brett Harrell — primary (person)
• Karen Bennett — primary (person)
• Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
• Tom Taylor — primary (person)
• Virgil Fludd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-28 House Hopper
• 2013-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-07 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-13 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2013-02-19 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2013-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-14 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2013-03-14 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-14 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 245 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c465676-d338-4af9-995c-a89c709ce7dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).