republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-1.md

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Bill	State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding state government, so as to remove the automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 1	Georgia SB 1 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Payne Colton Moore Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch	4	16	2	2023-01-09	2023-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/cbe5e318-2d48-4197-9507-5cb99d60b14e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ce90c1b72550bed0140479df9da5a9a84cd98f848933f6f0bc5432bdfc07da30	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 1 (2023_24) — State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding state government, so as to remove the automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; 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 33 9225 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 9304S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 1/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #24 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 31–21 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #280 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 99–69 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-01-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-06 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-07 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-07 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-21 House Postponed
• 2023-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Act 254 executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbe5e318-2d48-4197-9507-5cb99d60b14e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).