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type: "Bill"
title: "State government; prohibit governmental agencies from using central bank digital currency as payment"
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 prohibit governmental agencies from using central bank digital currency as payment and from participating in testing the use of such currency; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1053"
citation: "Georgia HB 1053 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter Barrett", "David Clark", "Holt Persinger", "Johnny Chastain", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebd5a3cb-d564-467c-ba67-81e94877f7ed"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "333865f5af6edd8f0408e004e5d5c035d1a32153d42166a59d5e1bb66a09b7a8"
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 HB 1053 (2023_24) — State government; prohibit governmental agencies from using central bank digital currency as payment
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 prohibit governmental agencies from using central bank digital currency as payment and from participating in testing the use of such currency; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; 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. **HB 1053/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228397.pdf)
2. **LC 50 0613/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222105.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #656 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **136–32** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #731 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **38–11** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carter Barrett — primary (person)
- David Clark — primary (person)
- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
- Johnny Chastain — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-26** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 593 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebd5a3cb-d564-467c-ba67-81e94877f7ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).