---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lumpkin County Airport Authority; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Lumpkin County Airport Authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 276"
citation: "Georgia SB 276 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-10"
last_action: "2018-01-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd3c99d2-3e2e-4e43-87fc-54eebc3c3d25"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "112a786cfab05bd9fab5fe4ec4713240d12f7e3653f49c1de6514e5bf32b486a"
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 276 (2017_18) — Lumpkin County Airport Authority; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Lumpkin County Airport Authority; 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.


## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-10** Senate Hopper
- **2017-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-01-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-01-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-01-26** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-01-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-01-29** Act 281 `executive-signature`
- **2018-01-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd3c99d2-3e2e-4e43-87fc-54eebc3c3d25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).