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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"South Georgia Energy Authority Act\"; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the South Georgia Energy Authority; 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 authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the Authority; to provide for funds received and trust funds; to provide for venue and jurisdiction; to provide for imposition of rates, charges, fees, and the pledge of revenues; to provide for tax exemption of Authority property; 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: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 206"
+citation: "Georgia SB 206 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Carden Summers"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-19"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d37967fa-8bc3-4034-97e5-4c2b9042d604"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e3a0c76302bd92c0dc8c289f09a7ad8055b086ec5209bc08cefb948423931f81"
+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 206 (2025_26) — "South Georgia Energy Authority Act"; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the South Georgia Energy Authority; 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 authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the Authority; to provide for funds received and trust funds; to provide for venue and jurisdiction; to provide for imposition of rates, charges, fees, and the pledge of revenues; to provide for tax exemption of Authority property; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234896.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 47 3300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232900.pdf)
+3. **SB 206 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232941.pdf)
+4. **SB 206/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238130.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #332 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #114 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
+- Carden Summers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Act 245 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d37967fa-8bc3-4034-97e5-4c2b9042d604`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+