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type: "Bill"
title: "Bonds; acceptance of electronic signatures and electronic corporate seals on bonds; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding contracts for public works, Code Section 32-2-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bonds of successful bidder, and Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bonds generally, so as to provide for acceptance of electronic signatures and electronic corporate seals on bonds; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "Georgia SB 169 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/625b05c9-df44-4613-aa9f-d7bd110713c0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "49671d515ad335b05f4ba25a424f6305455a3d8330f9e0c5f5702efd294a2c29"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 169 (2021_22) — Bonds; acceptance of electronic signatures and electronic corporate seals on bonds; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding contracts for public works, Code Section 32-2-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bonds of successful bidder, and Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bonds generally, so as to provide for acceptance of electronic signatures and electronic corporate seals on bonds; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 1619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197572.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199203.pdf)
3. **SB 169/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200859.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **51–0** (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`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** 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`
- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 215 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/625b05c9-df44-4613-aa9f-d7bd110713c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).