republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-168.md

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Bill	Meetings; corporation may hold annual shareholders' meetings and special shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings, so as to provide that a corporation may hold annual shareholders' meetings and special shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; to provide for requirements for such meetings by remote communication; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 168	Georgia SB 168 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Butch Miller Dean Burke Elena Parent Gloria Butler Harold Jones II Jeff Mullis John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Max Burns Mike Dugan Sonya Halpern Steve Gooch	5	17	1	2021-02-11	2021-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/509e3e86-00e8-439a-acbf-6898c19dd603	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4d8498deac3382fb8cfdc89d0eecbb47a8d870f44139bc181b6b2216a9ce706f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 168 (2021_22) — Meetings; corporation may hold annual shareholders' meetings and special shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings, so as to provide that a corporation may hold annual shareholders' meetings and special shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; to provide for requirements for such meetings by remote communication; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced LC 44 1626 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 41 3016S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 44 0149 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 168/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — 33–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-02-11 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-03 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-03 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-27 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-27 Act 31 executive-signature
• 2021-04-27 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/509e3e86-00e8-439a-acbf-6898c19dd603. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).