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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections; text portions of ballots shall be counted for vote tabulation and recounts purposes; 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 that the text portions of ballots produced by ballot marking devices shall be counted for vote tabulation and recounts purposes instead of any machine coding; 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 189"
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citation: "Georgia SB 189 (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: ["Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Colton Moore", "Ed Setzler", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Marty Harbin", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-15"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17e2e409-4d7b-4ffc-bc20-a425ba262631"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "991887a97a9b2d8f2a49be613b1ed9bd3287f588eddd5f482fd864487a069c7e"
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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 189 (2023_24) — Elections; text portions of ballots shall be counted for vote tabulation and recounts purposes; 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 that the text portions of ballots produced by ballot marking devices shall be counted for vote tabulation and recounts purposes instead of any machine coding; 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 2048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214851.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223000.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 47 2770S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222516.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 3089S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228131.pdf)
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5. **LC 47 3110S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229370.pdf)
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6. **SB 189/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229578.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #894 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **33–22** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #472 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **31–22** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #467 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **30–23** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #866 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **101–73** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #893 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **33–22** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Colton Moore — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-29** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-06** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-28** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2024-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** Act 697 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/17e2e409-4d7b-4ffc-bc20-a425ba262631`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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