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type: "Bill"
title: "\"Government Serves the People Act\"; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to state government, so as to improve government service delivery in this state; to provide for the appointment of a State of Georgia Government Service Delivery Lead within the Georgia Technology Authority to coordinate such efforts; to establish the powers and duties of such individual; to establish the heads of each state agency as responsible for the government service delivery of their agency and provide for related powers and duties; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Georgia SB 46 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Emanuel Jones", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Marty Harbin", "Mike Hodges", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f803a760-fb9b-4860-9ffb-560466b2fb20"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7684cdab80bda48e4fdebb749158f2f8a8bba05ba2efbbed0485ff676d367481"
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 SB 46 (2025_26) — "Government Serves the People Act"; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to state government, so as to improve government service delivery in this state; to provide for the appointment of a State of Georgia Government Service Delivery Lead within the Georgia Technology Authority to coordinate such efforts; to establish the powers and duties of such individual; to establish the heads of each state agency as responsible for the government service delivery of their agency and provide for related powers and duties; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234946.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 60 0040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230455.pdf)
3. **Fiscal Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235020.pdf)
4. **SB 46/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239113.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **12835** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #118 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **514** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-28** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Veto V6 `executive-veto`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f803a760-fb9b-4860-9ffb-560466b2fb20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).