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type: "Bill"
title: "Revenue and taxation; representation of minority business enterprises, women and veteran owned businesses in procurement of state contracts; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 48 and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to revenue and taxation and state government, respectively, so as to provide for representation of minority business enterprises, women owned businesses, and veteran owned businesses in the area of procurement of state contracts for construction, services, equipment, and goods; 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: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "Georgia HB 128 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "David Huddleston", "Josh Bonner", "Reynaldo Martinez", "Soo Hong", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2024-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b3a8628-2f5f-4619-ba40-9cd0ace78d56"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6a7178f59820164d7baca54e035fdcbcd960796b5beb3598d61e5f9cae82864c"
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 128 (2023_24) — Revenue and taxation; representation of minority business enterprises, women and veteran owned businesses in procurement of state contracts; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 48 and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to revenue and taxation and state government, respectively, so as to provide for representation of minority business enterprises, women owned businesses, and veteran owned businesses in the area of procurement of state contracts for construction, services, equipment, and goods; 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. **HB 128/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219451.pdf)
2. **LC 36 5387-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213088.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #164 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **160–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #287 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **44–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Al Williams — primary (person)
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Reynaldo Martinez — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** House Postponed
- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-23** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-24** Act 21 `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b3a8628-2f5f-4619-ba40-9cd0ace78d56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).