---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Road and Tollway Authority; definition; powers of the authority; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the State Road and Tollway Authority, so as to provide for a definition; to provide for powers of the authority; to allow for the indefinite collection of tolls in certain instances; to provide for letting of contracts by competitive bids; 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: "SB 183"
citation: "Georgia SB 183 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "Lawrence Walker III", "P. K. Martin IV"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69814695-cc99-4630-a192-52379cf523db"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "362c317ada4c7727b38d54969c15b4d8700cd7452fb39ea33dcce84d6ca28b45"
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 183 (2017_18) — State Road and Tollway Authority; definition; powers of the authority; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the State Road and Tollway Authority, so as to provide for a definition; to provide for powers of the authority; to allow for the indefinite collection of tolls in certain instances; to provide for letting of contracts by competitive bids; 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 AS AMENDED — **50–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Senate Hopper
- **2017-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2017-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-09** Act 270 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69814695-cc99-4630-a192-52379cf523db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).