---
type: "Bill"
title: "Heritage Preserve; dedicated real property located in Rockdale and Henry Counties; authorize the change of use"
description: "A RESOLUTION authorizing the change of use of certain Heritage Preserve dedicated real property located in Rockdale and Henry Counties; to repeal conflicting laws; to provide an effective date; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SR 847"
citation: "Georgia SR 847 (2013_14)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emanuel Jones", "Rick Jeffares", "Ronald Ramsey, Sr.", "Ross Tolleson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a08b013-f0dc-4b43-be20-91c13a8e7459"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7ec9cd2cefd82c802418d6a197a0295f402c9eb01fd8903af4485c884cd4b464"
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 SR 847 (2013_14) — Heritage Preserve; dedicated real property located in Rockdale and Henry Counties; authorize the change of use

A RESOLUTION authorizing the change of use of certain Heritage Preserve dedicated real property located in Rockdale and Henry Counties; to repeal conflicting laws; to provide an effective date; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140882.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 21 2430T** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138778.pdf)
3. **SR 847/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143418.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPTION — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-04** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-02-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-27** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-22** Act 597 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-22** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a08b013-f0dc-4b43-be20-91c13a8e7459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).