---
type: "Bill"
title: "Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Authority and to authorize such authority to provide recreational services throughout Colquitt County; to provide for construction of this Act; to provide for conveyance of property upon dissolution; to provide for related matters; to provide for activation of the authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 395"
citation: "Georgia HB 395 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Powell", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2628bea0-85e0-422b-9eb7-33664e224db3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0e870ecdfe324cc5aa1c1fca47e7dd9e5c12c716b23ba824b4716e8d4dc8b505"
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 HB 395 (2017_18) — Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Authority and to authorize such authority to provide recreational services throughout Colquitt County; to provide for construction of this Act; to provide for conveyance of property upon dissolution; to provide for related matters; to provide for activation of 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar without HB 384 — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** House Hopper
- **2017-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02** Act 96 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2628bea0-85e0-422b-9eb7-33664e224db3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).