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type: "Bill"
title: "State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Georgia SB 1 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbe5e318-2d48-4197-9507-5cb99d60b14e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ce90c1b72550bed0140479df9da5a9a84cd98f848933f6f0bc5432bdfc07da30"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212395.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213953.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 33 9304S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213495.pdf)
4. **SB 1/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219353.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #24 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **3121** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #280 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **9969** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbe5e318-2d48-4197-9507-5cb99d60b14e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).