republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-794.md

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Bill	Compact for a Balanced Budget; adopt	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to adopt the Compact for a Balanced Budget and promote the proposal and ratification of a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution; to provide for powers, duties, and procedures relative to the Compact; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 794	Georgia HB 794 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Bruce Williamson Edward Lindsey Josh Clark Lee Hawkins Paulette Braddock	2	19	1	2014-01-22	2014-04-12	openstates	ocd-bill/a581915e-4cea-451d-b91d-1515eb385cf9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6d1c5b678dc0b1928a90ab7353a4904d83dce54e9563557a085231bf2294d59a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 794 (2013_14) — Compact for a Balanced Budget; adopt

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to adopt the Compact for a Balanced Budget and promote the proposal and ratification of a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution; to provide for powers, duties, and procedures relative to the Compact; 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 794/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 0485/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 103–63 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• Josh Clark — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Paulette Braddock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-22 House Hopper
• 2014-01-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-06 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-07 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-13 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-27 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-12 Act 475 executive-signature
• 2014-04-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a581915e-4cea-451d-b91d-1515eb385cf9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).