Georgia House Bill 193 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 7 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisions applicable to the Department of Banking and Finance and financial institutions generally, so as to allow banks and credit unions to offer savings promotion raffle accounts in which deposits to a savings account enter a depositor in a raffle; to provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 16-12-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to gambling and related offenses, so as to provide for an exception to the definition of "lottery"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Banking and finance; banks and credit unions to offer savings promotion raffle accounts in which deposits to a savings account enter a depositor in a raffle; allow

Rep. Emory Dunahoo [R]	Rep. Calvin Smyre [D]	Rep. Bill Hitchens [R]	Rep. Dale Rutledge [R]
Rep. Lee Hawkins [R]	Rep. Eddie Lumsden [R]	Sen. P.K. Martin [R]

2019-03-29 - Senate - Senate Vote #317 (Y: 51 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-01 - House - House Vote #103 (Y: 152 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 20) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-01		Effective Date
2019-05-07		Act 243
2019-05-07	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2019-04-04	House	House Sent to Governor
2019-03-29	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2019-03-29	Senate	Senate Third Read
2019-03-14	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2019-03-13	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2019-03-04	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2019-03-01	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2019-03-01	House	House Third Readers
2019-02-27	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2019-02-25	House	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2019-02-20	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2019-02-11	House	House Second Readers
2019-02-08	House	House First Readers
2019-02-07	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54678
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/180686
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/183159
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/183389
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/187068
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54678#16642
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54678#17130