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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Lottery for Education Act; correct a reference; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the \"Georgia Lottery for Education Act,\" so as to correct a reference; to provide for the application of the provisions of the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act to certain provisions of the Code relating to bona fide coin operated amusement machines; to provide for exemptions from the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act regarding the Georgia Lottery Corporation for certain matters not related to bona fide coin operated amusement machines; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 74"
citation: "Georgia HB 74 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Dale Washburn", "David Wilkerson", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Reeves", "Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2da3cdbe-7185-4cba-98db-578bbd2ab97f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d7503096244108d5c8dbfea632de39b589ae67e0538898885860d3db6e472063"
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 HB 74 (2025_26) — Georgia Lottery for Education Act; correct a reference; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Lottery for Education Act," so as to correct a reference; to provide for the application of the provisions of the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act to certain provisions of the Code relating to bona fide coin operated amusement machines; to provide for exemptions from the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act regarding the Georgia Lottery Corporation for certain matters not related to bona fide coin operated amusement machines; to provide for related matters; to provide 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. **HB 74/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238477.pdf)
2. **LC 28 0645/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230053.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #352 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #34 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-16** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-09** Act 76 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-09** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2da3cdbe-7185-4cba-98db-578bbd2ab97f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).