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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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78 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Contracts; if sealed competitive proposal requested/price or project cost not a selection factor; no bid bond shall be required"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts for public works, and Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public works bidding, so as to provide that, if a sealed competitive proposal is requested and price or project cost is not a selection or evaluation factor, no bid bond shall be required; to provide for an exception; to correct statutory references; to authorize incentives in contracts for early project completion by contractors; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "SB 179"
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citation: "Georgia SB 179 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hunter Hill", "Mike Dugan"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-19"
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last_action: "2013-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/952e59d8-ecba-4698-85fd-27bcf91df856"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fc2c32ee6a8b2ad127f069f342ebd5946e207e5b5b19cc396efec256c109a579"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 179 (2013_14) — Public Contracts; if sealed competitive proposal requested/price or project cost not a selection factor; no bid bond shall be required
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts for public works, and Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public works bidding, so as to provide that, if a sealed competitive proposal is requested and price or project cost is not a selection or evaluation factor, no bid bond shall be required; to provide for an exception; to correct statutory references; to authorize incentives in contracts for early project completion by contractors; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 28 6561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131200.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133103.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 5636ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134660.pdf)
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4. **SB 179/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137202.pdf)
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5. **SB 179/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135129.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-19** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2013-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 194 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/952e59d8-ecba-4698-85fd-27bcf91df856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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