republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-74.md

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Bill	Georgia Lottery for Education Act; correct a reference; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Lottery for Education Act," so as to correct a reference; to provide for the application of the provisions of the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act to certain provisions of the Code relating to bona fide coin operated amusement machines; to provide for exemptions from the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act regarding the Georgia Lottery Corporation for certain matters not related to bona fide coin operated amusement machines; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 74	Georgia HB 74 (2025_26)	bill	STATE GOVERNMENT	enacted	Alan Powell Dale Washburn David Wilkerson Mary Oliver Matt Reeves Rick Jasperse	2	15	2	2025-01-16	2025-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/2da3cdbe-7185-4cba-98db-578bbd2ab97f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d7503096244108d5c8dbfea632de39b589ae67e0538898885860d3db6e472063	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 74 (2025_26) — Georgia Lottery for Education Act; correct a reference; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Lottery for Education Act," so as to correct a reference; to provide for the application of the provisions of the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act to certain provisions of the Code relating to bona fide coin operated amusement machines; to provide for exemptions from the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act regarding the Georgia Lottery Corporation for certain matters not related to bona fide coin operated amusement machines; to provide for related matters; to provide 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 74/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 0645/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #352 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #34 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Dale Washburn — primary (person)
• David Wilkerson — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-09 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-09 Act 76 executive-signature
• 2025-05-09 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2da3cdbe-7185-4cba-98db-578bbd2ab97f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).