SB 189 Georgia Senate · 2023-2024 Regular Session

Elections; text portions of ballots shall be counted for vote tabulation and recounts purposes; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide that the text portions of ballots produced by ballot marking devices shall be counted for vote tabulation and recounts purposes instead of any machine coding; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2023

Committee Review

Mar 2024

Senate Passage

Feb 2024

House Passage

Mar 2024

Signed into Law

May 2024

Introduced Feb 15, 2023 Signed May 6, 2024

Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2024 · House Mar 28, 2024

How they voted

28–19

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 49

Feb 6, 2024

D Democratic21

1 Yea 19 Nay 1

90% Nay

R Republican28

27 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 6, 2024

Signed into law

Act 697

upper

May 6, 2024

Signed into law

Senate Date Signed by Governor

upper

Mar 28, 2024

Introduced

Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub

upper

Mar 28, 2024

Lower · Passed

House Passed/Adopted By Substitute

lower

Mar 28, 2024

Committee

House Withdrawn, Recommitted

lower

Mar 20, 2024

Lower · Passed

House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

lower

Feb 6, 2024

Upper · Passed

Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute

upper

Feb 6, 2024

Upper · Passed

Senate Engrossed

upper

Jan 31, 2024

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

upper

Jan 29, 2024

Committee

Senate Recommitted

upper

Jan 25, 2024

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee Favorably Reported

upper

Feb 16, 2023

Committee

Senate Read and Referred

upper

Feb 15, 2023

Introduced

Senate Hopper

upper

18 primary · 0 co-sponsors