republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-190.md

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Bill	Bona Fide Coin Operated Machines; provide certain definitions; license fees and requirements for manufacturers and distributors	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bona fide coin operated amusement machines, so as to provide for certain definitions; to provide for license fees and requirements for manufacturers and distributors; to provide for certain fees upon the transfer of a master license; to provide for an auction of certain licenses; to provide a procedure for dispute resolution; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 190	Georgia SB 190 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Brandon Beach Burt Jones Butch Miller Charlie Bethel Curt Thompson David Lucas David Shafer Dean Burke Ed Harbison Ellis Black Emanuel Jones Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gloria Butler Greg Kirk Harold Jones II Horacena Tate Hunter Hill Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Kennedy Judson Hill Lester Jackson Marty Harbin Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michael Williams Mike Dugan Nan Orrock P. K. Martin IV Renee Unterman Rick Jeffares Ronald Ramsey, Sr. Ross Tolleson Tommie Williams Tyler Harper William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	5	16	1	2015-03-02	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e5030046-b372-446b-aa97-2502fca00004	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	aa374ade44adafbae8cf9c856ac36b2684997143a4ed78b5b400b60773835fb0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 190 (2015_16) — Bona Fide Coin Operated Machines; provide certain definitions; license fees and requirements for manufacturers and distributors

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bona fide coin operated amusement machines, so as to provide for certain definitions; to provide for license fees and requirements for manufacturers and distributors; to provide for certain fees upon the transfer of a master license; to provide for an auction of certain licenses; to provide a procedure for dispute resolution; 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 34 4514ER-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 36 2771ERS (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 34 4656ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 190/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 47–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Horacena Tate — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-02 Senate Hopper
• 2015-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-04-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-04-08 Act 18 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5030046-b372-446b-aa97-2502fca00004. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).