republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-179.md

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Bill	Public Contracts; if sealed competitive proposal requested/price or project cost not a selection factor; no bid bond shall be required	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts for public works, and Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public works bidding, so as to provide that, if a sealed competitive proposal is requested and price or project cost is not a selection or evaluation factor, no bid bond shall be required; to provide for an exception; to correct statutory references; to authorize incentives in contracts for early project completion by contractors; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 179	Georgia SB 179 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Hunter Hill Mike Dugan	5	16	1	2013-02-19	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/952e59d8-ecba-4698-85fd-27bcf91df856	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	fc2c32ee6a8b2ad127f069f342ebd5946e207e5b5b19cc396efec256c109a579	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 179 (2013_14) — Public Contracts; if sealed competitive proposal requested/price or project cost not a selection factor; no bid bond shall be required

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts for public works, and Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public works bidding, so as to provide that, if a sealed competitive proposal is requested and price or project cost is not a selection or evaluation factor, no bid bond shall be required; to provide for an exception; to correct statutory references; to authorize incentives in contracts for early project completion by contractors; 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. As introduced LC 28 6561 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5636ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 179/AP* (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 179/HCSFA (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-19 Senate Hopper
• 2013-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 194 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/952e59d8-ecba-4698-85fd-27bcf91df856. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).