Georgia House Bill 998

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-25 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 prohibit bar codes, QR codes, and other machine codes on ballots printed by electronic ballot markers; to provide for third-party security audits of electronic ballot markers; to eliminate authorization for the use of ballot drop boxes; to provide that out-of-state documents are not acceptable forms of identification for voters; to revise provisions relating to precertification tabulation audits; to revise the time for holding runoffs in general and primary elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Elections; prohibit bar codes, QR codes, and other machine codes on ballots printed by electronic ballot markers; provisions

Rep. Mitchell Horner [R]	Rep. Brent Cox [R]	Rep. Carter Barrett [R]	Rep. Jordan Ridley [R]
Rep. Rick Jasperse [R]	Rep. Holt Persinger [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-25	House	House Second Readers
2024-01-24	House	House First Readers
2024-01-23	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/66216
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/221550