republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-98.md

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Bill	State government; conditions for meetings and public hearings to be held by teleconference in emergency conditions; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide conditions for meetings and public hearings to be held by teleconference in emergency conditions; to provide conditions for certain agency members to participate in nonemergency meetings by teleconference; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 98	Georgia HB 98 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming Bruce Williamson Eddie Lumsden Mary Oliver Philip Singleton Shaw Blackmon	4	16	1	2021-01-14	2021-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/3a56f4dd-1c5c-413a-9998-206f4d8e1b07	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cdd888a311fc1e1211175a7423b49b524f7167702b5d1a54e94e3ab04c786dfc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 98 (2021_22) — State government; conditions for meetings and public hearings to be held by teleconference in emergency conditions; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide conditions for meetings and public hearings to be held by teleconference in emergency conditions; to provide conditions for certain agency members to participate in nonemergency meetings by teleconference; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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. HB 98/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0656/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 0855S/rcs (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen ctee sub LC 47 1002S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 162–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Philip Singleton — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 House Hopper
• 2021-01-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-02-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Act 171 executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a56f4dd-1c5c-413a-9998-206f4d8e1b07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).