---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Park Authority; revise the powers and responsibilities"
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: "SB 296"
citation: "Georgia SB 296 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earl Carter", "Frank Ginn", "Ross Tolleson", "Steve Henson", "William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-17"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43b30daf-c666-4729-9419-a8976ea5401c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "64a1484fc0652b4b6365c1eda8aae67f0fd5c13163b9d7789a95aacb0b4a5cfb"
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 296 (2013_14) — State Park Authority; revise the powers and responsibilities

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. **As introduced LC 40 0448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137609.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138685.pdf)
3. **SB 296/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143388.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Earl Carter — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
- Steve Henson — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-17** Senate Hopper
- **2014-01-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-01-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-02-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-02-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-26** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-14** Act 480 `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/43b30daf-c666-4729-9419-a8976ea5401c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).