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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Roads; Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; provide for purpose"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the regulation of maintenance and use of public roads, so as to provide for the purpose of the Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; to provide for the issuance of permits for the removal or trimming of vegetation on state rights of way when such vegetation obstructs the target viewing zone of a building, sign, or structure upon commercial property; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations for the issuance of such permits; to provide for the department to set standards for applications and fees for such permits; to prohibit the removal or certain types of vegetation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "SB 383"
+citation: "Georgia SB 383 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Ellis Black", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "Michael Williams", "Tommie Williams", "William Ligon, Jr."]
+version_count: 12
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-16"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31572b3b-f210-4a9b-8de3-9daf59fcf86c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5962ff9b20f0c04810f5741a4819c52229cd36849f9fa34dba982f02cd805cc6"
+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 SB 383 (2015_16) — Public Roads; Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; provide for purpose
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the regulation of maintenance and use of public roads, so as to provide for the purpose of the Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; to provide for the issuance of permits for the removal or trimming of vegetation on state rights of way when such vegetation obstructs the target viewing zone of a building, sign, or structure upon commercial property; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations for the issuance of such permits; to provide for the department to set standards for applications and fees for such permits; to prohibit the removal or certain types of vegetation; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 39 1313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157534.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159057.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 39 1357S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158603.pdf)
+4. **Floor Amendment 3 AM 39 0162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158997.pdf)
+5. **Floor amendment 1 AM 39 0161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158998.pdf)
+6. **Floor amendment 1a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159003.pdf)
+7. **Floor amendment 1b** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159013.pdf)
+8. **Floor amendment 2 AM 39 0160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158999.pdf)
+9. **Floor amendment 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159008.pdf)
+10. **LC 40 1190ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160424.pdf)
+11. **LC 40 1191ERS/hsfs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161088.pdf)
+12. **SB 383/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162440.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- MOTION TO TABLE — **4–33** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
+- Michael Williams — primary (person)
+- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
+- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-16** Senate Hopper
+- **2016-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2016-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Veto V16 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31572b3b-f210-4a9b-8de3-9daf59fcf86c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+