---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities; venue for actions against gas companies; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding public utilities and public transportation, so as to provide venue for actions against gas companies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 194"
citation: "Georgia HB 194 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Lindsey", "Jay Powell", "Mike Jacobs", "Stephen Allison", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-01"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0a2b23a-154d-4f6b-8da4-0626097d5226"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5a32dd35083ef8f0784fbee57c6e4779f947bea8376d0411277fe913899b9f8d"
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 194 (2013_14) — Public utilities; venue for actions against gas companies; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding public utilities and public transportation, so as to provide venue for actions against gas companies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; 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 194/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135546.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5443S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130998.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5443S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130186.pdf)
4. **LC 36 2251/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129581.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
- Stephen Allison — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-01** House Hopper
- **2013-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 170 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0a2b23a-154d-4f6b-8da4-0626097d5226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).