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type: "Bill"
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title: "Housing; certain provisions pertaining to unlawful practices in selling or renting dwellings and the procedures, remedies, and judicial review related thereto; change"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fair housing, so as to change certain provisions pertaining to unlawful practices in selling or renting dwellings and the procedures, remedies, and judicial review related thereto; to correct certain cross-references; to clarify that complaints of discriminatory housing practices may be filed with the federal government as well as the administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity; to specify how such dual complaints shall be handled; to provide for administrative proceedings to be conducted by administrative law judges; to provide for conforming amendments; 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 969"
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citation: "Georgia HB 969 (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: ["Chuck Efstration"]
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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: "2020-02-20"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87b95c4f-58a6-4fa5-a95b-aebf52626ce0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "adfc1ca64fb8894e8d9be691a8a079acc479a461633ae3d52b9970ec6c395e36"
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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 969 (2019_20) — Housing; certain provisions pertaining to unlawful practices in selling or renting dwellings and the procedures, remedies, and judicial review related thereto; change
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fair housing, so as to change certain provisions pertaining to unlawful practices in selling or renting dwellings and the procedures, remedies, and judicial review related thereto; to correct certain cross-references; to clarify that complaints of discriminatory housing practices may be filed with the federal government as well as the administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity; to specify how such dual complaints shall be handled; to provide for administrative proceedings to be conducted by administrative law judges; to provide for conforming amendments; 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 969/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194380.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 4261/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190422.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-20** House Hopper
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- **2020-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-03** Act 556 `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/87b95c4f-58a6-4fa5-a95b-aebf52626ce0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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