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type: "Bill"
title: "Local elections; votes cast for disapproval of Sunday alcohol sales by retailers shall not nullify prior election results; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3-3-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulation of sales of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, so as to provide that an election in which the votes cast are for disapproval of Sunday package sales by retailers of malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits shall not nullify the prior election results for approval of Sunday package sales by retailers of malt beverages and wine; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 124"
citation: "Georgia HB 124 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Brett Harrell", "Karen Bennett", "Kevin Cooke", "Tom Taylor", "Virgil Fludd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-28"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c465676-d338-4af9-995c-a89c709ce7dd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a1fe5428830db73fe5eb1c5af5b8fff2f464f83124e8e32ffea0ee068697fb90"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 124 (2013_14) — Local elections; votes cast for disapproval of Sunday alcohol sales by retailers shall not nullify prior election results; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3-3-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulation of sales of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, so as to provide that an election in which the votes cast are for disapproval of Sunday package sales by retailers of malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits shall not nullify the prior election results for approval of Sunday package sales by retailers of malt beverages and wine; 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 124/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134728.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2223/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128875.pdf)
3. **LC 36 2260S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130072.pdf)
4. **LC 36 2300S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133194.pdf)
5. **LC 36 2300S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132723.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1614** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
- Tom Taylor — primary (person)
- Virgil Fludd — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-01-28** House Hopper
- **2013-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-07** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-13** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-02-19** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 245 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c465676-d338-4af9-995c-a89c709ce7dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).