---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blasting or Excavating Near Utility Facilities; revise/add definitions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to blasting or excavating near utility facilities, so as to revise and add definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Georgia SB 117 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Ginn", "Jack Murphy", "Jeff Mullis", "Lindsey Tippins", "Rick Jeffares", "Ross Tolleson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-06"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1008a664-06ba-4cc1-9750-cea63caf2003"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "626920c2200e64786bc9c3f4fe6678084bd57df4bac074433db09cc0f1917d16"
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 SB 117 (2013_14) — Blasting or Excavating Near Utility Facilities; revise/add definitions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to blasting or excavating near utility facilities, so as to revise and add definitions; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 28 6534ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129938.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131191.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 36 2774ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130808.pdf)
4. **SB117/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142921.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jack Murphy — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-06** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-02-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-24** Act 610 `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/1008a664-06ba-4cc1-9750-cea63caf2003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).