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+type: "Bill"
+title: "City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; create"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to authorize the authority to acquire, construct, equip, maintain, and operate certain projects, including buildings and facilities for use by the City of Cochran for its governmental, proprietary, and administrative functions; to provide that certain moneys are trust funds; to provide that this Act shall be liberally construed; to define the scope of the authority's operation; to provide for disposition of property upon dissolution of the authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; 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 612"
+citation: "Georgia SB 612 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Larry Walker, III"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bda080c2-7bc5-4f5a-9c9d-46c1e698fe88"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "cd20d9b22209560f7d75281c8bb2f8d78d7c1d5eb24c50f8f74c38a695403bf7"
+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 612 (2025_26) — City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; create
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to authorize the authority to acquire, construct, equip, maintain, and operate certain projects, including buildings and facilities for use by the City of Cochran for its governmental, proprietary, and administrative functions; to provide that certain moneys are trust funds; to provide that this Act shall be liberally construed; to define the scope of the authority's operation; to provide for disposition of property upon dissolution of the authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; 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/20252026/245237.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 62 0435** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244490.pdf)
+3. **SB 612 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244491.pdf)
+4. **SB 612/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246964.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #639 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-02** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 618 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bda080c2-7bc5-4f5a-9c9d-46c1e698fe88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+