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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create and establish the Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority, a new airport authority in and for the County of Bryan and the City of Richmond Hill; to provide that no liability or debt against the aforementioned city or county shall be incurred in the exercise of any powers granted by this Act; to make the bonds, securities, or obligations of the authority exempt from taxation; to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds, securities, or other obligations; to provide that such bonds, securities, or other obligations be validated as authorized by the \"Revenue Bond Law\"; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 763"
+citation: "Georgia HB 763 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Petrea", "Lehman Franklin", "Ron Stephens"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-11"
+last_action: "2025-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee4d61b1-0687-4c10-a1a6-c6a39f3deb9a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "bd879de4e53662cfd97ef94a440fe784438f47ba151a22d922146b783a293284"
+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 763 (2025_26) — Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to create and establish the Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority, a new airport authority in and for the County of Bryan and the City of Richmond Hill; to provide that no liability or debt against the aforementioned city or county shall be incurred in the exercise of any powers granted by this Act; to make the bonds, securities, or obligations of the authority exempt from taxation; to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds, securities, or other obligations; to provide that such bonds, securities, or other obligations be validated as authorized by the "Revenue Bond Law"; to provide for an effective date; 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 763/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238035.pdf)
+2. **LC 62 0171/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235899.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235906.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #313 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #302 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
+- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-11** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-01** Act 61 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee4d61b1-0687-4c10-a1a6-c6a39f3deb9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+