republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-388.md

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Bill	Bona Fide Coin Operated Amusement Machine; prohibit the removal of a sticker without authorization	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 prohibit the removal of a sticker without authorization; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 388	Georgia SB 388 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	David Lucas	5	17	1	2016-02-17	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/699d7d56-031d-45e6-97bb-f77514908407	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	edfb868b353e57fcbd985f4bdad8cb4b8c518b41d9460df97df812682e9ca67a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 388 (2015_16) — Bona Fide Coin Operated Amusement Machine; prohibit the removal of a sticker without authorization

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 prohibit the removal of a sticker without authorization; 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 7943 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 28 8091S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 28 8099S/hsfs (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 388/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Lucas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-17 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-24 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2016-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 572 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/699d7d56-031d-45e6-97bb-f77514908407. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).