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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Business Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state purchasing, so as to provide an exemption from competitive bidding procedures; to increase the exemption threshold for competitive bidding procedures; to change a short title; to change a definition relative to small business assistance; to revise legislative intent; to provide for a short title; to provide for applicability; to provide for 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 259"
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citation: "Georgia HB 259 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Chad Nimmer", "Christian Coomer", "Matt Hatchett", "Robert Dickey", "Terry Rogers"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-09"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ace7edf-01d0-4c67-8c1d-295a4dc72cfd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "10da96ae06d4f22b06685748f399512d5cd1ac310cb0bd4633ea0ee57af19db0"
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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 HB 259 (2015_16) — Georgia Business Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state purchasing, so as to provide an exemption from competitive bidding procedures; to increase the exemption threshold for competitive bidding procedures; to change a short title; to change a definition relative to small business assistance; to revise legislative intent; to provide for a short title; to provide for applicability; to provide for 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. **HB 259/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153407.pdf)
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2. **LC 40 0773/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147085.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **153–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Amy Carter — primary (person)
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- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
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- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 197 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/8ace7edf-01d0-4c67-8c1d-295a4dc72cfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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