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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Government Serves the People Act\"; enact"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 46"
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citation: "Georgia SB 46 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Emanuel Jones", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Marty Harbin", "Mike Hodges", "Sam Watson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-28"
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last_action: "2025-05-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f803a760-fb9b-4860-9ffb-560466b2fb20"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7684cdab80bda48e4fdebb749158f2f8a8bba05ba2efbbed0485ff676d367481"
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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 46 (2025_26) — "Government Serves the People Act"; enact
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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.
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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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234946.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 60 0040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230455.pdf)
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3. **Fiscal Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235020.pdf)
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4. **SB 46/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239113.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **128–35** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #118 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — 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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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-28** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Veto V6 `executive-veto`
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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/f803a760-fb9b-4860-9ffb-560466b2fb20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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