---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Tourism Development Act; revise certain definitions; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the \"Georgia Tourism Development Act,\" so as to revise certain definitions; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 318"
citation: "Georgia HB 318 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christian Coomer", "Katie Dempsey", "Matt Hatchett", "Paul Battles", "Paulette Braddock", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cafe6cec-0797-4731-a90c-69fc8ae028c0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a6bd14bb078bd0c54ac186808b75a08c9de4ba0fd52b117a6b76ee5999759aae"
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 318 (2013_14) — Georgia Tourism Development Act; revise certain definitions; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Georgia Tourism Development Act," so as to revise certain definitions; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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.

1. **HB 318/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135871.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3706ER-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130641.pdf)
3. **LC 34 3770ER-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131719.pdf)
4. **LC 34 3820ER-ECS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133680.pdf)
5. **LC 34 3820ER-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133266.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 3860S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134882.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **148–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Paul Battles — primary (person)
- Paulette Braddock — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-12** House Hopper
- **2013-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-29** Act 86 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cafe6cec-0797-4731-a90c-69fc8ae028c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).