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85 lines
4.9 KiB
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85 lines
4.9 KiB
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Telephone System for the Physically Impaired; state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; provisions; change"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to telephone system for the physically impaired, so as to change certain provisions relating to the establishment, administration, and operation of the state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; to change certain legislative findings and declarations; to modify the prohibition as to the distribution of telecommunications equipment under the telecommunications equipment distribution program based on a certain income level; to provide that wireless devices and applications may be distributed as part of the telecommunications equipment distribution program; 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: "SB 100"
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citation: "Georgia SB 100 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Frank Ginn", "Harold Jones II", "Jack Hill", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass", "P. K. Martin IV", "Randy Robertson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-13"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f62823e-7547-4109-ab34-cfb2db2f1d2c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "60b1dad4ab2589bf1e165c264c79fc7e7ccaf64ad53afb203b237145e6830c58"
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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 SB 100 (2019_20) — Telephone System for the Physically Impaired; state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; provisions; change
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to telephone system for the physically impaired, so as to change certain provisions relating to the establishment, administration, and operation of the state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; to change certain legislative findings and declarations; to modify the prohibition as to the distribution of telecommunications equipment under the telecommunications equipment distribution program based on a certain income level; to provide that wireless devices and applications may be distributed as part of the telecommunications equipment distribution program; 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. **As introduced LC 36 3816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181310.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183544.pdf)
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3. **SB100/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185581.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-13** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 259 `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/5f62823e-7547-4109-ab34-cfb2db2f1d2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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