---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jekyll Island-State Park Authority; powers and responsibilities; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Jekyll Island-State Park Authority, so as to revise the powers and responsibilities of the authority; to define terms; to revise the components of the master plan; to clarify development powers and restrictions for the authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 715"
citation: "Georgia HB 715 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "Jay Powell", "Jay Roberts", "Jon Burns", "Lynn Smith", "Mark Hamilton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-13"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a5d666b-2827-4189-b3ec-a6f3451b9402"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "650b0f55327ff8099f347309f0522f9fcbb73e4ddf0af679396c607b14986888"
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 715 (2013_14) — Jekyll Island-State Park Authority; powers and responsibilities; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Jekyll Island-State Park Authority, so as to revise the powers and responsibilities of the authority; to define terms; to revise the components of the master plan; to clarify development powers and restrictions for 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 715/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144451.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0455/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137353.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **156–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen Peake — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-13** House Hopper
- **2014-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-01-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-01-29** House Postponed
- **2014-01-30** House Postponed
- **2014-01-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-01-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-04** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-14** Act 479 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a5d666b-2827-4189-b3ec-a6f3451b9402`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).