republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-199.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Elections; provide for a definition; prohibit certain activities within close proximity to polling places	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 provide a definition; to prohibit certain activities within close proximity to polling places; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 199	Georgia SB 199 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bill Heath Burt Jones Jeff Mullis John Kennedy Mike Dugan Rick Jeffares Tyler Harper	5	23	1	2015-03-03	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c6ffb13f-9baa-49e9-98c6-b4e0e6f415ae	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e99328a14a632ff07311d8733b1296b95379708cdca5236af9898368396f84d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 199 (2015_16) — Elections; provide for a definition; prohibit certain activities within close proximity to polling places

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 provide a definition; to prohibit certain activities within close proximity to polling places; 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 28 7557 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. CCR to SB 199 LC 25 6598S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 28 8092S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 199/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO ENGROSS — 39–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Heath — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-03 Senate Hopper
• 2015-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-01-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-01-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-03 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2016-02-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-03 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 House Postponed
• 2016-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-24 House Insisted
• 2016-03-24 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 11th, 17th, 30th
• 2016-03-24 House Conference Committee Appointed 67th, 121st, 152nd
• 2016-03-24 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2016-03-25 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2016-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 347 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6ffb13f-9baa-49e9-98c6-b4e0e6f415ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).