---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Conveyance; authorize 18 counties"
description: "A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance and lease of certain state owned real properties; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SR 228"
citation: "Georgia SR 228 (2017_18)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Burt Jones", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Ed Harbison", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2609948d-f928-4b44-a986-f2781199c4e9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0f5a8e40a1cc141ec4942f568bfd881a78cf3dda28ee547defa8ae8fddfb556e"
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 SR 228 (2017_18) — Property Conveyance; authorize 18 counties

A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance and lease of certain state owned real properties; to provide 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.


## Votes

- ADOPTION — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** Senate Hopper
- **2017-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02** Act 71 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2609948d-f928-4b44-a986-f2781199c4e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).