---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Tourism Foundation; change the membership"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to change the membership of the Georgia Tourism Foundation; 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 177"
citation: "Georgia SB 177 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charlie Bethel", "Frank Ginn", "Rick Jeffares", "William Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/656b3ee9-52dc-4fa1-9e9f-97cb65ad7b15"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "559e738242b85748f84df1528e0b81300bc452000e7c6ef6ad5dab660524aff4"
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 177 (2013_14) — Georgia Tourism Foundation; change the membership

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to change the membership of the Georgia Tourism Foundation; 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 37 1529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131198.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133623.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 37 1576S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133064.pdf)
4. **LC 37 1629S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134829.pdf)
5. **SB177/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137157.pdf)
6. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 37 0215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137044.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- William Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-19** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 219 `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/656b3ee9-52dc-4fa1-9e9f-97cb65ad7b15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).