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type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; use Georgia Procurement Registry in addition to official legal organ to advertise certain bid opportunities; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, so as to provide that the Georgia Procurement Registry shall be used in addition to the official legal organ and other media outlets for advertisement of certain bid opportunities for goods and services and public works construction contracts by a county, municipal corporation, or local board of education; to provide that advertisement via the Georgia Procurement Registry shall be at no cost to local government entities; to require advertisement of certain bid opportunities by local government entities via the Georgia Procurement Registry; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 489"
citation: "Georgia HB 489 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Mark Newton", "Mike Glanton", "Patty Bentley", "Tom McCall"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-23"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca7f7520-1a33-45e5-b448-92c83e39584d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c85fe8196ec5ee5c1987f564839822a018e54a023bd04b6fa84ce04a8e4b9ce8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 489 (2017_18) — Local government; use Georgia Procurement Registry in addition to official legal organ to advertise certain bid opportunities; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, so as to provide that the Georgia Procurement Registry shall be used in addition to the official legal organ and other media outlets for advertisement of certain bid opportunities for goods and services and public works construction contracts by a county, municipal corporation, or local board of education; to provide that advertisement via the Georgia Procurement Registry shall be at no cost to local government entities; to require advertisement of certain bid opportunities by local government entities via the Georgia Procurement Registry; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1720** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-23** House Hopper
- **2017-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 470 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca7f7520-1a33-45e5-b448-92c83e39584d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).