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GA HB 913

died on adjournment

Administrative Service, Department of; prohibit a governmental entity from entering into contracts for the licensing of certain software applications

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Quick answers

Did GA HB 913 pass?

No. GA HB 913 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-12): House Committee Favorably Reported

What is GA HB 913 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general authority, duties, and procedure of the Department of Administrative Services relative to state purchasing, so as to prohibit a governmental entity from entering into contracts for the licensing of software applications that limit such governmental entity's ability to install or run such software applications on certain desktop or server hardware of such governmental entity's choosing; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA HB 913?

Tim Fleming, Joseph Gullett, Scott Holcomb and 2 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 913.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general authority, duties, and procedure of the Department of Administrative Services relative to state purchasing, so as to prohibit a governmental entity from entering into contracts for the licensing of software applications that limit such governmental entity's ability to install or run such software applications on certain desktop or server hardware of such governmental entity's choosing; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-04-02
Latest action
2026-02-12 — House Committee Favorably Reported
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Tim Flemingprimary
  • Joseph Gullettprimary
  • Scott Holcombprimary
  • Matt Reevesprimary
  • Omari Crawfordprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-02

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-04-04

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2026-01-12

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  4. 2026-02-12

    House Committee Favorably Reported

    committee-passage-favorable

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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