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title: HB 1593. Alcoholic beverages; sale within 250 feet of any polling place; repeal prohibition
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date: 2026-03-25
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bill_number: HB 1593
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chamber: House
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status_date: 2026-03-20
last_action: House Second Readers
sponsors:
  - Gabriel Sanchez
  - Mekyah McQueen
  - Terry Cummings
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  - alcoholic beverages
  - election day rules
  - liquor licensing
  - polling places
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# HB 1593. Alcoholic beverages; sale within 250 feet of any polling place; repeal prohibition

## Text

House Bill 1593
By: Representatives Sanchez of the 42nd, McQueen of the 61st, and Cummings of the 39th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 3-3-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale
of alcoholic beverages on Sundays, election days, and Christmas Day, so as to repeal the
prohibition on the sale of alcoholic beverages within 250 feet of any polling place; to provide
for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 3-3-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale of alcoholic
beverages on Sundays, election days, and Christmas Day, is amended by repealing paragraph
(3) of subsection (b).
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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A Georgia House bill would remove the state law banning alcohol sales within 250 feet of a polling place, letting stores and bars near voting sites sell alcohol on election days.

### Plain-language summary

Georgia law currently bans the sale of alcoholic beverages within 250 feet of any polling place, as part of a broader statute (O.C.G.A. § 3-3-20) that also covers alcohol sales on Sundays and Christmas Day. This bill would repeal just that one part of the law, the 250-foot polling place restriction.
The bill does this by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of the Code section, without touching the rest of the statute's rules about Sunday and Christmas Day alcohol sales. It also repeals any other laws that conflict with this change. The bill does not set a specific future effective date in the text, so it would take effect under Georgia's standard rules once signed into law.

### What it does

- Repeals the specific provision in Georgia law that bans alcohol sales within 250 feet of any polling place on election days.
- Leaves the rest of O.C.G.A. § 3-3-20, including rules on Sunday and Christmas Day alcohol sales, unchanged.
- Repeals any other state laws that conflict with this change.

### Who it affects

Bars, restaurants, retail stores, and other businesses licensed to sell alcohol that are located near polling places, as well as voters and poll workers in the vicinity of those establishments on election days.

### Why it matters

If enacted, businesses near polling places would no longer face a distance-based ban on selling alcohol during elections, meaning customers could buy alcoholic beverages on election day even if they are within a few hundred feet of a polling place.

### Key provisions

- Section 1 repeals paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of O.C.G.A. § 3-3-20, the specific clause banning alcohol sales within 250 feet of a polling place.
- Section 2 repeals any other Georgia laws that conflict with this change, a standard closing provision.

## Status

- Status: Introduced (2026-03-20)
- Last action: House Second Readers (2026-03-25)
- Sponsors: Gabriel Sanchez, Mekyah McQueen, Terry Cummings
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74323

> The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1593.md?full=1