republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-455.md

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Bill	Bingo; properties used for games; limit number of sessions; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bingo, so as to provide for the information to be provided on applications for bingo games; to revise the provisions regarding the properties used for bingo games; to revise the limits on the number of bingo game sessions which are allowed per month; to revise the amount of prize money which may be paid; to revise the compensation for persons assisting in the conduct of bingo games; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 455	Georgia HB 455 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)	enacted	Alan Powell Kasey Carpenter Lauren McDonald III Mark Newton Matt Dubnik Rick Jasperse	2	18	2	2025-02-13	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/704cda3d-c4a1-41f7-9522-91f0f2c3989f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	162b0ea1804fa13930e60bdc7fac8c79eed9c626c1fdd58e201d913401a6c964	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 455 (2025_26) — Bingo; properties used for games; limit number of sessions; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bingo, so as to provide for the information to be provided on applications for bingo games; to revise the provisions regarding the properties used for bingo games; to revise the limits on the number of bingo game sessions which are allowed per month; to revise the amount of prize money which may be paid; to revise the compensation for persons assisting in the conduct of bingo games; 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 455/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 0674/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #560 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 38–8 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #186 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 149–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
• Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
• Mark Newton — primary (person)
• Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-13 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Senate Tabled
• 2026-01-12 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-01-12 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 714 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/704cda3d-c4a1-41f7-9522-91f0f2c3989f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).