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type: "Bill"
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title: "State government; definition of small business; change"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to small business assistance, so as to change the definition of small business; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 611"
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citation: "Georgia HB 611 (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: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Werkheiser", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Jon Burns", "Mike Cheokas", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-23"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/077f721d-cf3c-4b7b-990f-13bf2ca209db"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9e1b42d589d3261fdf684b3d94b5cacf1157fcf092e34deec16c743071021621"
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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 611 (2021_22) — State government; definition of small business; change
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to small business assistance, so as to change the definition of small business; 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 611/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202539.pdf)
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2. **LC 50 0185/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198483.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 50 0214S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200714.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
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- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-23** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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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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- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 161 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/077f721d-cf3c-4b7b-990f-13bf2ca209db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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