---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bill T. Hardman Hospitality Highway; Dawson and Lumpkin counties; dedicate"
description: "A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. Bill T. Hardman and dedicating a road in his memory; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SR 126"
citation: "Georgia SR 126 (2015_16)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-02"
last_action: "2015-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/397814db-e029-468a-a88c-37de101c9945"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "78f098bf41f41389ff42e1924f6da84b0f260828ca865bd2e0bb768c6a6ba6d8"
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 126 (2015_16) — Bill T. Hardman Hospitality Highway; Dawson and Lumpkin counties; dedicate

A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. Bill T. Hardman and dedicating a road in his memory; 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/20152016/151204.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 39 0887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146567.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 39 1001S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150220.pdf)
4. **LC 39 1061S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152685.pdf)
5. **SR 126/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154006.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPTION BY SUBSTITUTE — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-02** Senate Hopper
- **2015-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 94 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/397814db-e029-468a-a88c-37de101c9945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).