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+type: "Bill"
+title: "'Georgia Film and Television Trail Act'; create; provide definitions; purpose"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the \"Georgia Film and Television Trail Act\"; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for a purpose; to provide for the Department of Economic Development to plan and develop the trail; to provide for policies; to provide for the Department of Transportation to place trail signs designed in conjunction with the Department of Economic Development; to provide for certain immunities; 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 417"
+citation: "Georgia SB 417 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "Steve Gooch"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-23"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d19681a3-fd83-4487-8e9b-7c82bc00d557"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "6ad9a5d007ddd6a82973f6c0b80e57514aef82212e375e501be77563cb15af8f"
+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 417 (2015_16) — 'Georgia Film and Television Trail Act'; create; provide definitions; purpose
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the "Georgia Film and Television Trail Act"; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for a purpose; to provide for the Department of Economic Development to plan and develop the trail; to provide for policies; to provide for the Department of Transportation to place trail signs designed in conjunction with the Department of Economic Development; to provide for certain immunities; 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 37 2160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158399.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159167.pdf)
+3. **Floor Amendment AM 41 0203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161121.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159166.pdf)
+5. **LC 37 2224S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160674.pdf)
+6. **SB 417/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162429.pdf)
+7. **SB 417/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161195.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-23** Senate Hopper
+- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2016-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-15** 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`
+- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 398 `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/d19681a3-fd83-4487-8e9b-7c82bc00d557`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+