republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-93.md

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Bill	Information Technology; use of certain social media platforms on state equipment; restrict	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 29 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to information technology, so as to restrict the use of certain social media platforms on state equipment; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 93	Georgia SB 93 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Colton Moore Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch	5	16	3	2023-02-02	2023-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/f0751bbd-d23c-4573-b1ac-25acdbd3f61d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	648a63d2ac90cc21fdd03ff0e6e05f7d7bc862373f578551ce8996c30408038c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 93 (2023_24) — Information Technology; use of certain social media platforms on state equipment; restrict

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 29 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to information technology, so as to restrict the use of certain social media platforms on state equipment; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; 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. As introduced LC 52 0234 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 46 0537S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 3900S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 93/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #311 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #261 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 174–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #56 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-02 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-15 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-16 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Act 255 executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0751bbd-d23c-4573-b1ac-25acdbd3f61d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).