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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil practice; alternative procedure for designation of official legal organ; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 9-13-142 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the requirements of an official legal organ, so as to provide an alternative procedure for the designation of the official legal organ; to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to provide an additional manner of publishing certain legal notices by counties and municipalities; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 254"
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citation: "Georgia HB 254 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chas Cannon", "Clay Pirkle", "David Jenkins", "Jodi Lott", "Mitchell Horner"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-06"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cab8bf2-36fd-476a-ad63-f43f22364649"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8570e9e18e923ee8ecf721959e9c3d847bde1e5d176704db30afdd739a83ee44"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 254 (2023_24) — Civil practice; alternative procedure for designation of official legal organ; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 9-13-142 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the requirements of an official legal organ, so as to provide an alternative procedure for the designation of the official legal organ; to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to provide an additional manner of publishing certain legal notices by counties and municipalities; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 254/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219701.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2065/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213758.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 1340S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216052.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 1340S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215505.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #306 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #83 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
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- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
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- David Jenkins — primary (person)
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- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
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- Mitchell Horner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** Act 262 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cab8bf2-36fd-476a-ad63-f43f22364649`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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