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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State purchasing; equal credits be given to certain forestry certification systems when using green building standards in state construction operation, repair, and renovation projects; require"
+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 relative to state purchasing, so as to require equal credits be given to certain forestry certification systems when using green building standards in state construction, operation, repair, and renovation projects; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 255"
+citation: "Georgia HB 255 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Sims", "Chad Nimmer", "Chuck Williams", "Gerald Greene", "Jon Burns", "Mike Cheokas"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-09"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d46025-1ee5-490d-8207-877ddd617df3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "ffcfd3b375604bafbb3e9670002528f83fe7ba7b8f2f8e2ca3911bb530bd5fa9"
+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 255 (2015_16) — State purchasing; equal credits be given to certain forestry certification systems when using green building standards in state construction operation, repair, and renovation projects; require
+
+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 relative to state purchasing, so as to require equal credits be given to certain forestry certification systems when using green building standards in state construction, operation, repair, and renovation projects; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and 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 255/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153406.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 0787/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147073.pdf)
+3. **LC 40 0878S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150596.pdf)
+4. **LC 40 0878S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150188.pdf)
+5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152932.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **120–44** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara Sims — primary (person)
+- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
+- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
+- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-04** Act 47 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88d46025-1ee5-490d-8207-877ddd617df3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+