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type: "Bill"
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title: "Business corporations; provide for benefit corporations"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to business corporations, so as to provide for benefit corporations; to provide for the application of the Georgia Business Corporation Code; to provide for definitions; to provide for naming; to provide for stock certificates; to provide for amendments and transactions; to provide for duties and limitations of liability of directors of benefit corporations; to provide for annual public benefit reports; to change the definition of a foreign corporation; to change provisions relating to the right to dissent; to change provisions relating to the corporate name of a foreign corporation; 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 230"
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citation: "Georgia HB 230 (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: ["Josh McLaurin", "Mary Oliver", "Matthew Gambill", "Matthew Wilson", "Mike Wilensky", "Scott Holcomb"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-08"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b25ab383-beff-465b-a3de-545bd4ac51cf"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "09619098441310a241031198c963cfd2aaa86f209e17cf40edab1194a6077639"
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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 230 (2019_20) — Business corporations; provide for benefit corporations
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to business corporations, so as to provide for benefit corporations; to provide for the application of the Georgia Business Corporation Code; to provide for definitions; to provide for naming; to provide for stock certificates; to provide for amendments and transactions; to provide for duties and limitations of liability of directors of benefit corporations; to provide for annual public benefit reports; to change the definition of a foreign corporation; to change provisions relating to the right to dissent; to change provisions relating to the corporate name of a foreign corporation; 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 230/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195310.pdf)
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2. **LC 48 0037/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180933.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **165–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
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- Mike Wilensky — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-01-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** Act 487 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-01-01** 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/b25ab383-beff-465b-a3de-545bd4ac51cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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