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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Highways, bridges, and ferries; proposal guaranty for bids upon certain projects; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 and Code Section 40-6-181 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to highways, bridges, and ferries and maximum speed limits, respectively, so as to provide for a proposal guaranty for bids upon certain projects; to provide for the licensing of airports; to provide for definitions; to provide for issuance of cease and desist orders and punishment; to provide for posting of signage of maximum speed limits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 577"
+citation: "Georgia HB 577 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jon Burns", "Kasey Carpenter", "Marcus Wiedower", "Rick Jasperse", "Teri Anulewicz"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-22"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae36b61d-af6f-4468-9150-130300ded80a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5acaf7b1357993aa777acada164dcd1b0d26847bdc56d54edee0dbd0a5884f19"
+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 577 (2021_22) — Highways, bridges, and ferries; proposal guaranty for bids upon certain projects; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 and Code Section 40-6-181 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to highways, bridges, and ferries and maximum speed limits, respectively, so as to provide for a proposal guaranty for bids upon certain projects; to provide for the licensing of airports; to provide for definitions; to provide for issuance of cease and desist orders and punishment; to provide for posting of signage of maximum speed limits; 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. **HB 577/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202523.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 2923/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198295.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3064S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201286.pdf)
+4. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3079ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201985.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
+- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-22** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-06** Act 241 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae36b61d-af6f-4468-9150-130300ded80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+