republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1207.md

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Bill	Elections; proofing of ballots by local superintendents in certain races; 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 for proofing of ballots by local superintendents in certain races; to provide candidates the opportunity to review and verify such candidates' identifying information on such ballots prior to its printing or programming; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1207	Georgia HB 1207 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Dale Washburn Deborah Silcox Jesse Petrea Saira Draper Sharon Cooper Tim Fleming	3	19	4	2024-02-08	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9c4620c8-f1d5-4e20-859a-3295a58a934b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c2007d82a5696d431d6bd0d4c0766da4ad4a20a958c84ed537b958b9aa1632ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1207 (2023_24) — Elections; proofing of ballots by local superintendents in certain races; 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 for proofing of ballots by local superintendents in certain races; to provide candidates the opportunity to review and verify such candidates' identifying information on such ballots prior to its printing or programming; 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 1207/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2827/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen Ctee sub LC 47 3077S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #530 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #805 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 33–20 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #844 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 100–75 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #763 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 32–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dale Washburn — primary (person)
• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Saira Draper — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Tim Fleming — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-16 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-26 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 599 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c4620c8-f1d5-4e20-859a-3295a58a934b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).