republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-287.md

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Bill	Secretary of State, Office of; reassign Division of Archives and History to Board of Regents of University System of Georgia	A BILL to be entitled an Act to reassign the Division of Archives and History of the Office of the Secretary of State and transfer governance thereof to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 and Chapter 13 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the board of regents and University System of Georgia and the Secretary of State; to amend Code Section 9-11-29.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the retention of depositions and other discovery materials; to amend Code Section 45-11-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses involving public records, documents, and other items; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, relating to state records management; to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 287	Georgia HB 287 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Carl Rogers Chad Nimmer Christian Coomer Earl Ehrhart Matt Hatchett Terry England	4	20	1	2013-02-11	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f71a7237-6d6c-4991-b98a-f71c6cb799dd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2b79dbbaa2eb057600d3cc7be1a9d632c1214941c494090ec511c4527fa315f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 287 (2013_14) — Secretary of State, Office of; reassign Division of Archives and History to Board of Regents of University System of Georgia

A BILL to be entitled an Act to reassign the Division of Archives and History of the Office of the Secretary of State and transfer governance thereof to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 and Chapter 13 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the board of regents and University System of Georgia and the Secretary of State; to amend Code Section 9-11-29.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the retention of depositions and other discovery materials; to amend Code Section 45-11-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses involving public records, documents, and other items; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, relating to state records management; to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A.; 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 287/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 25 6170-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 28 6606S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 28 6606S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 170–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carl Rogers — primary (person)
• Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
• Christian Coomer — primary (person)
• Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-11 House Hopper
• 2013-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-26 House Postponed
• 2013-02-27 House Postponed
• 2013-02-28 House Postponed
• 2013-03-01 House Postponed
• 2013-03-04 House Postponed
• 2013-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-05 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 184 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f71a7237-6d6c-4991-b98a-f71c6cb799dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).