State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings open to the public, limitation on action to contest agency action, recording, notice of time and place, access to minutes, and teleconferences, so as to authorize county and...” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 19, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 20, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 21, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 26, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 4, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 20, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 21, 2025
Senate Tabled · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Third Read · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Apr 4, 2025
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 9, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 271 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
New, KimberlyHawkins, LeeBallard, BethanyScoggins, MitchellPersinger, HoltLeverett, RobAnavitarte, Jason
Recorded votes
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 49, nay 1, notVoting 5, excused 1
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2025-04-04 · yea 94, nay 71, notVoting 3, excused 12
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-04 · yea 164, nay 5, notVoting 6, excused 5
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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