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type: "Bill"
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title: "Primaries and Elections; all costs and expenses relating to election administration are paid for with lawfully appropriate public funds; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide that all costs and expenses relating to election administration are paid for with lawfully appropriate public funds; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 222"
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citation: "Georgia SB 222 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Frank Ginn", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-02-21"
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last_action: "2023-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7b2e9ce-5797-453f-9d7b-f8dda573d4c7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f63c17e8fdbd0c9cbab3cb333f4fb33bd1aeec4787e5ee80c5f49927f925a612"
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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 222 (2023_24) — Primaries and Elections; all costs and expenses relating to election administration are paid for with lawfully appropriate public funds; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide that all costs and expenses relating to election administration are paid for with lawfully appropriate public funds; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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. **Amend 1 AM 47 0073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220550.pdf)
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2. **Amend 2 AM 47 0072** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220549.pdf)
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3. **As introduced LC 47 2226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215407.pdf)
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4. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216928.pdf)
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5. **Committee sub LC 47 2324S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216281.pdf)
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6. **LC 47 2465S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218218.pdf)
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7. **LC 47 2506S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219020.pdf)
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8. **LC 47 2532S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219836.pdf)
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9. **SB 222/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220194.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #354 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–21** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #129 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **33–23** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #333 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **100–70** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #332 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **67–101** (fail) · lower
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- Senate Vote #114 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–19** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #334 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **100–69** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #128 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **34–20** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — 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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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — 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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- **2023-02-21** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-07** 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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- **2023-03-20** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2023-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** Act 273 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** 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/e7b2e9ce-5797-453f-9d7b-f8dda573d4c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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