Georgia Senate Bill 176 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-16 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Ethics 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 elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for increased penalties for certain election fraud; to provide that it shall be illegal to knowingly and willfully and without authorization tamper with, alter, destroy, modify, or falsify the electronic data constituting the official returns or votes cast in a primary, election, or runoff or cause the electronic data constituting the official returns or votes cast in a primary, election, or runoff to display incorrectly; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Elections and Primaries; increased penalties for certain election fraud; provide

Sen. Jeff Mullis [R]	Sen. Steve Gooch [R]	Sen. Tyler Harper [R]	Sen. Butch Miller [R]
Sen. Dean Burke [R]	Sen. John Albers [R]	Sen. Bruce Thompson [R]	Sen. Billy Hickman [R]
Sen. Lee Anderson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-16	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2021-02-11	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59685
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/197641