republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-226.md

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Bill	Sale or Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors; provisions of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be applicable to libraries operated by schools; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution of harmful materials to minors, so as to provide that the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be applicable to libraries operated by schools; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 226	Georgia SB 226 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Payne Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte Jeff Mullis Randy Robertson Steve Gooch	6	21	1	2021-02-22	2022-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/77e9f8cf-5253-4e6c-9766-0f718758c80d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	67dc80bf7152338160b0c9855a94f4c47f0f5c9b0c9baf6dab6edbcf05e7b52e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 226 (2021_22) — Sale or Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors; provisions of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be applicable to libraries operated by schools; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution of harmful materials to minors, so as to provide that the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be applicable to libraries operated by schools; 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 49 0441 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 41 3067S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 3138S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 48 0514S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 226/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 35–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-22 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-05 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-08 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-08 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-08 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-08 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2022-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-03-25 House Notice to Reconsider
• 2022-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-28 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-28 Act 720 executive-signature
• 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77e9f8cf-5253-4e6c-9766-0f718758c80d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).