---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oconee River Greenway Authority; change the membership"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-3-402 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the creation and operation of the Oconee River Greenway Authority, so as to change the membership of the authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 177"
citation: "Georgia HB 177 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Allen Peake", "Ben Harbin", "James Epps", "Joe Wilkinson", "Rusty Kidd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f764552a-6c8d-4180-ab22-4450224c3813"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d8bfa4edf2fdd45721be963f94348c621dbba4739fb323e26a024817ff66066f"
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 177 (2013_14) — Oconee River Greenway Authority; change the membership

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-3-402 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the creation and operation of the Oconee River Greenway Authority, so as to change the membership of the authority; 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 177/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137076.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0249/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129419.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Allen Peake — primary (person)
- Ben Harbin — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Rusty Kidd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-31** House Hopper
- **2013-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 250 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f764552a-6c8d-4180-ab22-4450224c3813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).