republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-974.md

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Bill	Secretary of State; establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; to provide for minimum resolution requirements for such scans; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 974	Georgia HB 974 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	James Burchett John LaHood Rob Leverett Shaw Blackmon Todd Jones Victor Anderson	6	21	4	2024-01-22	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/61575614-d799-46c9-9b3a-ff9d25f4c500	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b54620216e5b30d4276e7030a88babace5653326220c16da24fbd834261b366e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 974 (2023_24) — Secretary of State; establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; to provide for minimum resolution requirements for such scans; 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. HB 974/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2702/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 2775S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 47 2809S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 47 2809S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee Sub LC 47 3066S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #814 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–6 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #763 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 32–20 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #841 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 136–29 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #567 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• James Burchett — primary (person)
• John LaHood — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
• Todd Jones — primary (person)
• Victor Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-07 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-02-09 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-26 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 589 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61575614-d799-46c9-9b3a-ff9d25f4c500. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).