---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historic Chattahoochee Compact; repeal"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal Article 5 of Chapter 10 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Historic Chattahoochee Compact; 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 777"
citation: "Georgia HB 777 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Gerald Greene", "John Pezold"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e43c1f90-b118-4198-a201-7d1fa7397ca2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "568b077193d4ad2c794b82668cb263415f795de9da754488d24a4001326e1203"
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 777 (2017_18) — Historic Chattahoochee Compact; repeal

A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal Article 5 of Chapter 10 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Historic Chattahoochee Compact; 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

- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- John Pezold — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** House Hopper
- **2018-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-29** Act 293 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e43c1f90-b118-4198-a201-7d1fa7397ca2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).