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type: "Bill"
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title: "Banking and finance; banks and credit unions to offer savings promotion raffle accounts in which deposits to a savings account enter a depositor in a raffle; allow"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisions applicable to the Department of Banking and Finance and financial institutions generally, so as to allow banks and credit unions to offer savings promotion raffle accounts in which deposits to a savings account enter a depositor in a raffle; to provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 16-12-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to gambling and related offenses, so as to provide for an exception to the definition of \"lottery\"; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 193"
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citation: "Georgia HB 193 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Calvin Smyre", "Eddie Lumsden", "Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Roger Rutledge"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-07"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16501874-109b-4e4c-8cc2-3ee131a7562a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "59b05675f529996a1dfe39b5c6a564a186cce12af2db350523fc712fa7270cdd"
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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 193 (2019_20) — Banking and finance; banks and credit unions to offer savings promotion raffle accounts in which deposits to a savings account enter a depositor in a raffle; allow
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisions applicable to the Department of Banking and Finance and financial institutions generally, so as to allow banks and credit unions to offer savings promotion raffle accounts in which deposits to a savings account enter a depositor in a raffle; to provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 16-12-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to gambling and related offenses, so as to provide for an exception to the definition of "lottery"; 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. **HB 193/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187068.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 3767ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180686.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 3892S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183389.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 3892S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183159.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **152–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 243 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/16501874-109b-4e4c-8cc2-3ee131a7562a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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