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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Government; meetings and public hearings of development authorities and community improvement districts to be held by teleconference; permit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to permit meetings and public hearings of development authorities and community improvement districts to be held by teleconference; 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 26"
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citation: "Georgia SB 26 (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: ["Billy Hickman", "Clint Dixon", "Colton Moore", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Dolezal", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Russ Goodman", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-26"
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last_action: "2024-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cccf5fb-81b8-4691-b652-53ad8e7566fd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "43b4f39fb9f9bf2a00b6bfbcff4cb1674ef14272e263ec0d52b40eec88daac11"
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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 26 (2023_24) — State Government; meetings and public hearings of development authorities and community improvement districts to be held by teleconference; permit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to permit meetings and public hearings of development authorities and community improvement districts to be held by teleconference; 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 46 0507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212827.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213945.pdf)
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3. **Floor Amend 1 AM 46 0248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213938.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 2 AM 47 0082** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223318.pdf)
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5. **LC 47 2473S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218217.pdf)
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6. **SB 26/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223536.pdf)
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7. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222793.pdf)
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8. **Sen Floor Amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222844.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #463 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **36–12** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #26 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #478 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #450 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–2** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #292 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **155–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Colton Moore — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-26** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2023-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-09** 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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- **2024-02-01** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-02-08** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-02-08** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2024-02-08** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2024-02-08** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2024-02-12** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-02-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-02-13** Act 357 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-02-13** 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/5cccf5fb-81b8-4691-b652-53ad8e7566fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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