republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1053.md

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Bill	State government; prohibit governmental agencies from using central bank digital currency as payment	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 prohibit governmental agencies from using central bank digital currency as payment and from participating in testing the use of such currency; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1053	Georgia HB 1053 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Carter Barrett David Clark Holt Persinger Johnny Chastain Noel Williams, Jr. Trey Kelley	2	15	2	2024-01-26	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ebd5a3cb-d564-467c-ba67-81e94877f7ed	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	333865f5af6edd8f0408e004e5d5c035d1a32153d42166a59d5e1bb66a09b7a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1053 (2023_24) — State government; prohibit governmental agencies from using central bank digital currency as payment

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 prohibit governmental agencies from using central bank digital currency as payment and from participating in testing the use of such currency; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; 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 1053/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 50 0613/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #656 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 136–32 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #731 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 38–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carter Barrett — primary (person)
• David Clark — primary (person)
• Holt Persinger — primary (person)
• Johnny Chastain — primary (person)
• Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-26 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 593 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebd5a3cb-d564-467c-ba67-81e94877f7ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).