2019 State Legislation Monitor Report
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March 29, 2024 |
State | Bill # | Summary | Sponsors | Status | Notes |
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GA | HB974 | 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 require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; to provide for minimum resolution requirements for such scans; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | LaHood, J.; Anderson, V.; Leverett, R.; Blackmon, S.; Jones, T.; Burchett, J.; Burns, M. | 2024-03-26 / Engrossed • Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute • Senate Third Read • Senate Taken from Table • Senate Tabled • Senate Engrossed | |
GA | HB976 | 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 ballots used in optical scan voting systems shall use paper with a visible watermark security feature; to provide that ballots used in ballot marking devices shall use paper with a visible watermark security feature; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | LaHood, J.; Anderson, V.; Leverett, R.; Blackmon, S.; Jones, T.; Burchett, J.; Burns, M. | 2024-03-26 / Engrossed • Senate Tabled • Senate Engrossed 2024-03-21 • Senate Read Second Time • Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute 2024-02-01 • Senate Read and Referred | |
GA | HB977 | 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 expand the number of contests subject to risk-limiting audits; to provide for percentages of risk limits; to provide procedures for selection of contests subject to risk-limiting audits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | LaHood, J.; Anderson, V.; Leverett, R.; Blackmon, S.; Jones, T.; Burchett, J.; Robertson, R. | 2024-03-28 / Engrossed • Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute • Senate Third Read • Senate Taken from Table 2024-03-26 • Senate Tabled • Senate Engrossed | |
GA | HB986 | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to establish the criminal offense of election interference with a deep fake and solicitation of such; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for punishment; to provide for the State Election Board to publish results of investigations into such offenses; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Thomas, B.; Jones, T.; Jasperse, R.; Camp, B.; Gunter, S.; Williamson, H.; Albers, J. | 2024-03-26 / Engrossed • Senate Tabled 2024-03-20 • Senate Read Second Time • Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute 2024-02-26 • Senate Read and Referred 2024-02-22 • House Passed/Adopted By Substitute | |
GA | HB1118 | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to increase the penalty for the use of violence to interfere with the duties of poll or election workers or prevent electors from voting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Draper, S.; Gilliard, C.; Beverly, J.; Miller, T.; Powell, A. | 2024-02-29 / Introduced • House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute 2024-02-07 • House Second Readers 2024-02-06 • House First Readers 2024-02-01 • House Hopper | |
GA | SB189 | 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. | Burns, M.; Dolezal, G.; Brass, M.; Anavitarte, J.; Moore, C.; Dixon, C.; Gooch, S.; Harbin, M.; Robertson, R.; Goodman, R.; Watson, S.; Albers, J.; Payne, C.; Setzler, E.; Kirkpatrick, K.; Williams, R.; Ginn, F.; Kennedy, J.; LaHood, J. | 2024-03-28 / Engrossed • House Passed/Adopted By Substitute • House Third Readers • House Withdrawn, Recommitted • Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub 2024-03-20 • House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute | |
GA | SB358 | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 1 of Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Election Board, so as to remove the Secretary of State from the board; to authorize the board to investigate the Secretary of State; to require the Secretary of State to cooperate with certain investigations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Burns, M.; Gooch, S.; Robertson, R.; Dolezal, G.; Anavitarte, J.; Payne, C.; Dixon, C.; Setzler, E.; Beach, B.; Watson, B.; Goodman, R.; Brass, M.; Leverett, R. | 2024-03-26 / Engrossed • House Passed/Adopted By Substitute • House Third Readers 2024-03-13 • House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute 2024-01-30 • House Second Readers 2024-01-29 • House First Readers |