---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority as a public body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a public corporation, to have the responsibility and authority to promote tourism, trade, and conventions in the City of Waycross, Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 504"
citation: "Georgia HB 504 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Shaw", "Jason Spencer", "John Corbett"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-27"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90b3c7f3-cc1a-47c2-9de0-779b2010870b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5ecc5dbede1c6af56b3ee22670422c5e0ee66b9a68fc03763701460c4e18460d"
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 504 (2017_18) — Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority as a public body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a public corporation, to have the responsibility and authority to promote tourism, trade, and conventions in the City of Waycross, Georgia; 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar without HB 508 — **161–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Jason Spencer — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27** House Hopper
- **2017-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Act 114 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90b3c7f3-cc1a-47c2-9de0-779b2010870b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).