---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to water resources, so as to create the Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council; to provide for its members and purposes; to provide for reports; to provide for automatic repeal; 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: "SB 361"
citation: "Georgia SB 361 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earl Carter", "Rick Jeffares"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-06"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46a6c602-3154-4f49-9184-63ab70854a3f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "524fbb6536692ca3bdb6d3548c17a3d6e232c597d6086d54c5a35b05c45dae46"
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 361 (2013_14) — Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to water resources, so as to create the Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council; to provide for its members and purposes; to provide for reports; to provide for automatic repeal; 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. **As introduced LC 40 0547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139109.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141810.pdf)
3. **SB 361/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143540.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **50–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Earl Carter — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-06** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-21** Act 565 `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/46a6c602-3154-4f49-9184-63ab70854a3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).