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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Georgia Emergency Communications Authority Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; to amend Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to revise the Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977 to account for the establishment of the authority; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35, Title 45, and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment and training of peace officers, public officers and employees, and state administrative organization, respectively, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 751"
+citation: "Georgia HB 751 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Chuck Efstration", "Rick Jasperse", "Terry Rogers", "Trey Rhodes"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-25"
+last_action: "2018-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b415562-b377-4ba8-a03b-dfd918654d09"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0d9ea20389c65670bb029be9332b7516af13a8bf389c70b4ad6622d9d2f4cd12"
+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 751 (2017_18) — Georgia Emergency Communications Authority Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; to amend Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to revise the Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977 to account for the establishment of the authority; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35, Title 45, and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment and training of peace officers, public officers and employees, and state administrative organization, respectively, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- AM 41 0324 — **105–57** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Powell — primary (person)
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
+- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-25** House Hopper
+- **2018-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-07** Act 436 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b415562-b377-4ba8-a03b-dfd918654d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+