republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-323.md

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Bill	State Printing and Documents; public disclosure not be required for any documents pertaining to economic development project	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state printing and documents, so as to provide for public disclosure not to be required for any documents pertaining to an economic development project by any agency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 323	Georgia SB 323 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Brandon Beach Butch Miller Donzella James Frank Ginn JaNice VanNess Jack Hill Jeff Mullis John Kennedy Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV William Jackson	4	16	1	2016-02-03	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/5dc65320-e8c6-4aa7-9079-14d72efbd5bc	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	49706d806f8603853e9ce7cb932cd4b29457843ef1672ee1b9b72004d9a45553	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 323 (2015_16) — State Printing and Documents; public disclosure not be required for any documents pertaining to economic development project

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state printing and documents, so as to provide for public disclosure not to be required for any documents pertaining to an economic development project by any agency; 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 37 2106 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amendment AM 25 1383 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 323/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 47–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-03 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-23 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-22 House Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-03-23 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-11 Act 323 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5dc65320-e8c6-4aa7-9079-14d72efbd5bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).