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type: "Bill"
title: "State Government; certain procedural requirements and considerations for the adoption of rules by state agencies that are applicable to charitable organizations; provide"
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 certain procedural requirements and considerations for the adoption of rules by state agencies that are applicable to charitable organizations; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 534"
citation: "Georgia SB 534 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42dd3f9c-371f-4bec-b40e-b4399d7ecac3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f0e8536dc79c9297236d8da7fccb3a97e6bf64f9cddec5a965dbefd9c126a0b7"
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 534 (2021_22) — State Government; certain procedural requirements and considerations for the adoption of rules by state agencies that are applicable to charitable organizations; provide
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 certain procedural requirements and considerations for the adoption of rules by state agencies that are applicable to charitable organizations; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 36 5119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207044.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209163.pdf)
3. **LC 47 1798S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210203.pdf)
4. **SB 534/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212076.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **34–12** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-17** Senate Hopper
- **2022-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 801 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42dd3f9c-371f-4bec-b40e-b4399d7ecac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).