---
type: "Bill"
title: "'Georgia Film and Television Trail Act'; create; provide definitions; purpose"
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 create the \"Georgia Film and Television Trail Act\"; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for a purpose; to provide for the Department of Economic Development to plan and develop the trail; to provide for policies; to provide for the Department of Transportation to place trail signs designed in conjunction with the Department of Economic Development; to provide for certain immunities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 417"
citation: "Georgia SB 417 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-23"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d19681a3-fd83-4487-8e9b-7c82bc00d557"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6ad9a5d007ddd6a82973f6c0b80e57514aef82212e375e501be77563cb15af8f"
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 417 (2015_16) — 'Georgia Film and Television Trail Act'; create; provide definitions; purpose

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 create the "Georgia Film and Television Trail Act"; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for a purpose; to provide for the Department of Economic Development to plan and develop the trail; to provide for policies; to provide for the Department of Transportation to place trail signs designed in conjunction with the Department of Economic Development; to provide for certain immunities; 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 2160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158399.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159167.pdf)
3. **Floor Amendment AM 41 0203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161121.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159166.pdf)
5. **LC 37 2224S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160674.pdf)
6. **SB 417/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162429.pdf)
7. **SB 417/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161195.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-23** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2016-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 398 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d19681a3-fd83-4487-8e9b-7c82bc00d557`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).