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88 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Domestic relations; religious officials shall not be required to perform marriage ceremonies in violation of their legal right; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to protect religious freedoms; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to provide that religious officials shall not be required to perform marriage ceremonies in violation of their legal right to free exercise of religion; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to change certain provisions relating to days of rest for employees of business and industry; to protect property owners which are religious institutions against infringement of religious freedom; to define a term; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 757"
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citation: "Georgia HB 757 (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: ["Beth Beskin", "Jay Powell", "Kevin Tanner", "Matt Hatchett", "Paul Battles", "Randy Nix"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-13"
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last_action: "2016-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5a69c89-235c-4037-a314-ca915d3f77c3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "70b154fd4cdfde3e2563e05a0856cb5ea6660d8d806a124fb6857f3f24eacfec"
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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 757 (2015_16) — Domestic relations; religious officials shall not be required to perform marriage ceremonies in violation of their legal right; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to protect religious freedoms; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to provide that religious officials shall not be required to perform marriage ceremonies in violation of their legal right to free exercise of religion; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to change certain provisions relating to days of rest for employees of business and industry; to protect property owners which are religious institutions against infringement of religious freedom; to define a term; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 25 1379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160915.pdf)
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2. **HB 757/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161054.pdf)
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3. **LC 25 6547/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154497.pdf)
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4. **LC 25 6566S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157324.pdf)
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5. **LC 25 6566S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157037.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 25 6573S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157608.pdf)
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7. **Senate Floor AM 1 to AM 25 1379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161027.pdf)
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8. **Senate Floor AM 2 to AM 25 1379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161029.pdf)
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9. **Senate Floor AM 3 to AM 25 1379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161028.pdf)
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10. **Senate Floor AM 4 to AM 25 1379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161030.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Beskin — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Paul Battles — primary (person)
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- Randy Nix — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-13** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-19** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2016-02-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-16** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-03-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-03-28** Veto V1 `executive-signature`
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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/a5a69c89-235c-4037-a314-ca915d3f77c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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