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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public utilities; venue for actions against gas companies; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding public utilities and public transportation, so as to provide venue for actions against gas companies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 194"
+citation: "Georgia HB 194 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edward Lindsey", "Jay Powell", "Mike Jacobs", "Stephen Allison", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-01"
+last_action: "2013-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0a2b23a-154d-4f6b-8da4-0626097d5226"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5a32dd35083ef8f0784fbee57c6e4779f947bea8376d0411277fe913899b9f8d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 194 (2013_14) — Public utilities; venue for actions against gas companies; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding public utilities and public transportation, so as to provide venue for actions against gas companies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 194/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135546.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 5443S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130998.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5443S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130186.pdf)
+4. **LC 36 2251/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129581.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
+- Stephen Allison — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-01** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-02-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-06** Act 170 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0a2b23a-154d-4f6b-8da4-0626097d5226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+