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type: "Bill"
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title: "State government; conditions for meetings and public hearings to be held by teleconference in emergency conditions; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide conditions for meetings and public hearings to be held by teleconference in emergency conditions; to provide conditions for certain agency members to participate in nonemergency meetings by teleconference; 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 98"
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citation: "Georgia HB 98 (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: ["Barry Fleming", "Bruce Williamson", "Eddie Lumsden", "Mary Oliver", "Philip Singleton", "Shaw Blackmon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-14"
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last_action: "2021-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a56f4dd-1c5c-413a-9998-206f4d8e1b07"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cdd888a311fc1e1211175a7423b49b524f7167702b5d1a54e94e3ab04c786dfc"
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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 98 (2021_22) — State government; conditions for meetings and public hearings to be held by teleconference in emergency conditions; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide conditions for meetings and public hearings to be held by teleconference in emergency conditions; to provide conditions for certain agency members to participate in nonemergency meetings by teleconference; 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 98/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202441.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0656/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195826.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 0855S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198317.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 47 1002S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201132.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-14** House Hopper
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- **2021-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-23** 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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- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 171 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** 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/3a56f4dd-1c5c-413a-9998-206f4d8e1b07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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