republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-202.md

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Bill	Elections and Primaries; persons or entities that mail absentee ballot applications shall mail such applications only to eligible registered electors; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that persons or entities that mail absentee ballot applications shall mail such applications only to eligible registered electors who have not already requested, been issued, or voted an absentee ballot; to require certain comparisons to remove improper names from mail distribution lists; to provide for sanctions for violations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 202	Georgia SB 202 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Butch Miller Carden Summers Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Frank Ginn Jason Anavitarte Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Tyler Harper	9	20	1	2021-02-17	2021-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/1dfeaf80-c92f-4572-a2d1-4ef39e8f425d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a70d93e1658cf3b14e2070ae032d2dc68ad19a95f68327f289c1534f2f7f2f15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 202 (2021_22) — Elections and Primaries; persons or entities that mail absentee ballot applications shall mail such applications only to eligible registered electors; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that persons or entities that mail absentee ballot applications shall mail such applications only to eligible registered electors who have not already requested, been issued, or voted an absentee ballot; to require certain comparisons to remove improper names from mail distribution lists; to provide for sanctions for violations; 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 28 0150 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 28 0291S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amendment AM 28 1868 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor Amendment AM 28 1870 (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 28 0338S/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 28 0339S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
8. SB 202 /AP* (committee substitute) — source
9. SB 202/HRCSFA (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO ENGROSS: SB 74, SB 93, SB 141, SB 178, SB 202, SB 232, SB 199, SB 253 — 34–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-17 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-05 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-08 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2021-03-08 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-08 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-08 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-08 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-25 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-03-25 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2021-03-25 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-03-25 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-03-25 Act 9 executive-signature
• 2021-03-25 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1dfeaf80-c92f-4572-a2d1-4ef39e8f425d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).