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type: "Bill"
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title: "State government; participation in hearings by electronic communications; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administrative procedure, so as to provide for participation in hearings by electronic communications; to provide for electronic filing of documents; to provide for electronic service; to provide for the electronic availability or transfer of the record; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 553"
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citation: "Georgia HB 553 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Chuck Efstration", "James Burchett", "Martin Momtahan", "Stan Gunter", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-18"
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last_action: "2021-04-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e78017f3-c98c-498e-84cb-ac4e8caf8646"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fad8c1d454254f5e7b9a9e49bfb4c1656e745dc2431d3a7510f49e2558f567a2"
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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 553 (2021_22) — State government; participation in hearings by electronic communications; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administrative procedure, so as to provide for participation in hearings by electronic communications; to provide for electronic filing of documents; to provide for electronic service; to provide for the electronic availability or transfer of the record; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 553/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202507.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 2946/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198188.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 8758S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200566.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- James Burchett — primary (person)
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- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-18** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-29** Act 38 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-29** 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/e78017f3-c98c-498e-84cb-ac4e8caf8646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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