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type: "Bill"
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title: "Primaries and Elections; time off for employees to advance vote; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for time off for employees to advance vote; 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: "SB 129"
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citation: "Georgia SB 129 (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: ["Brandon Beach", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Ed Setzler", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Mike Hodges", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da688fcc-5e30-418f-98be-d1adcbfb6e9c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "189917539490d9bacd748351a17ab1f7e797f7720ec57cf86c21ed324dee841b"
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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 SB 129 (2023_24) — Primaries and Elections; time off for employees to advance vote; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for time off for employees to advance vote; 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. **As Introduced LC 47 2066** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214175.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216110.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 2471S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218219.pdf)
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4. **SB 129/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219682.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #309 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–3** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #81 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **33–23** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #82 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–4** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #277 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2023-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Act 341 `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/da688fcc-5e30-418f-98be-d1adcbfb6e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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