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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local Government; governing body shall not adopt policy that has effect of preventing free exercise of the right of freedom of speech by the members"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to provide that the governing body of any county, consolidated government, or municipality; local board of education; or any other governmental entity shall not adopt or maintain any policy, rule, or other provision that has the effect of preventing the free exercise of the right of freedom of speech by the members of the governing body and the ability of members of the governing body to discuss freely the policies and actions of such entity; to provide for related matters; 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: "SB 275"
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citation: "Georgia SB 275 (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: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Jesse Stone", "Michael Williams", "P. K. Martin IV", "Steve Gooch", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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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: "2016-01-20"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e51ac1c2-76a6-48d4-bc63-44c717054617"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d7d6e9f75a4c44e2c36a33ddd612608b44ebb9a2d458ba1713be08757dbd9393"
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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 275 (2015_16) — Local Government; governing body shall not adopt policy that has effect of preventing free exercise of the right of freedom of speech by the members
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to provide that the governing body of any county, consolidated government, or municipality; local board of education; or any other governmental entity shall not adopt or maintain any policy, rule, or other provision that has the effect of preventing the free exercise of the right of freedom of speech by the members of the governing body and the ability of members of the governing body to discuss freely the policies and actions of such entity; to provide for related matters; 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 7823** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154832.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158261.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 28 7940S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157018.pdf)
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4. **LC 28 8058S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160103.pdf)
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5. **SB 275/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162262.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-20** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-01-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 352 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/e51ac1c2-76a6-48d4-bc63-44c717054617`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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