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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mid-State Energy Authority Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Mid-State Energy Authority as an institution performing an essential governmental function; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for purpose; to provide for members of the Authority and meetings; to provide for powers of the Authority; to provide that the Authority replaces the Commission; to provide for tort immunity; to provide contracting requirements; to provide for supplemental powers; to deny taxing powers; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1478"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1478 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Dale Washburn", "James Beverly", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Robert Dickey", "Shaw Blackmon"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-13"
+last_action: "2024-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2eb55c5d-e9d9-4b38-b9fb-e36bc265b3bf"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "69e9e8015c4ccb93c10b0e23f6cc928d4abf903b8b1841651659b4d33114ff2d"
+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 1478 (2023_24) — Mid-State Energy Authority Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Mid-State Energy Authority as an institution performing an essential governmental function; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for purpose; to provide for members of the Authority and meetings; to provide for powers of the Authority; to provide that the Authority replaces the Commission; to provide for tort immunity; to provide contracting requirements; to provide for supplemental powers; to deny taxing powers; to provide for construction and severability; 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 1478/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229146.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 2814/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227108.pdf)
+3. **LC 44 2846S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228372.pdf)
+4. **LC 44 2846S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228371.pdf)
+5. **Local Ads** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227162.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #823 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–1** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #746 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **116–42** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
+- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
+- James Beverly — primary (person)
+- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-13** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 684 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2eb55c5d-e9d9-4b38-b9fb-e36bc265b3bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+