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4.7 KiB
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81 lines
4.7 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Purchasing; prohibit the state from entering into certain contracts unless such contracts contain a certification; does not presently conduct a boycott of Israel"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general authority, duties, and procedure relative to state purchasing, so as to prohibit the state, including all of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, from entering into certain contracts with an individual or company unless such contracts contain a certification that such individual or company does not presently conduct a boycott of Israel and will not conduct such a boycott for the duration of such contract; to exclude certain contracts from these requirements; to provide for definitions; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 327"
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citation: "Georgia SB 327 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Thompson", "Hunter Hill", "Joshua McKoon", "Judson Hill", "Mike Crane", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-03"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46d33836-3bc7-45fd-ac42-a4b84566d925"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a720b4d027edb6e1051ac96c95003f61cfd47d81f91f40515c9db209ae8dbb85"
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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 327 (2015_16) — State Purchasing; prohibit the state from entering into certain contracts unless such contracts contain a certification; does not presently conduct a boycott of Israel
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general authority, duties, and procedure relative to state purchasing, so as to prohibit the state, including all of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, from entering into certain contracts with an individual or company unless such contracts contain a certification that such individual or company does not presently conduct a boycott of Israel and will not conduct such a boycott for the duration of such contract; to exclude certain contracts from these requirements; to provide for definitions; 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 43 0280ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156410.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159049.pdf)
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3. **LC 43 0381ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160511.pdf)
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4. **SB 327/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162360.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **45–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Mike Crane — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-03** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 378 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/46d33836-3bc7-45fd-ac42-a4b84566d925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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