republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-177.md

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Bill	General Assembly; requirements for consideration of local legislation revising existing districts or creating new districts; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly generally, so as to provide the requirements for consideration of local legislation revising existing districts or creating new districts by the General Assembly; to provide for preparation or review of local districting plans by the staff of the Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office; to provide for requirements and procedures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 177	Georgia SB 177 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Matt Brass Randy Robertson Steve Gooch Steve Henson Tonya Anderson	4	16	1	2019-02-22	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/bda0ae8e-e9bd-4404-b2cc-d5aabc542ff8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0e1689ccf8700f4bbab2019d966f9da7edc3e182cf47d1b3df3ae11d0f4915d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 177 (2019_20) — General Assembly; requirements for consideration of local legislation revising existing districts or creating new districts; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly generally, so as to provide the requirements for consideration of local legislation revising existing districts or creating new districts by the General Assembly; to provide for preparation or review of local districting plans by the staff of the Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office; to provide for requirements and procedures; 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 9032 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 28 1708 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 177/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 42ND — 21–34 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-07 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-07 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-11 House Withdrawn, Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-07 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-07 Act 263 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bda0ae8e-e9bd-4404-b2cc-d5aabc542ff8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).