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type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts; limitation on disqualification of bidders; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 13 and Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts for public works and public works bidding, respectively, so as to change the limitation on disqualification of bidders; to prohibit the disqualification of bidders based upon lack of previous experience with the delivery method; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 899"
citation: "Georgia HB 899 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden", "Chad Nimmer", "Charles Martin", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Emory Dunahoo", "Greg Morris"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47b72693-4eab-4356-ac8c-b94d0cb70157"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6fc6fdd0f52dbb4261b91eda9be18cc320fb2f45eb0a78cf53b74a80d6e29632"
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 899 (2017_18) — Contracts; limitation on disqualification of bidders; change
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 13 and Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts for public works and public works bidding, respectively, so as to change the limitation on disqualification of bidders; to prohibit the disqualification of bidders based upon lack of previous experience with the delivery method; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 — **1670** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Greg Morris — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-12** House Hopper
- **2018-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** 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 `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 `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 389 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47b72693-4eab-4356-ac8c-b94d0cb70157`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).