---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways, bridges, and ferries; funding sources and a consolidated state entity for the planning and implementation of mobility and transit services; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 32, 36, 45, 48, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries; local government; to repeal and reserve Chapter 32 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Road and Tollway Authority, so as to redesignate Code sections relative to such authority to a new chapter and make conforming changes to reflect such transfer; to amend the O.C.G.A., so as to make conforming and cross-reference changes relating to such redesignation and transfer; to reserve Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Road and Tollway Authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 511"
citation: "Georgia HB 511 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Kasey Carpenter", "Kevin Tanner", "Spencer Frye", "Teri Anulewicz", "Terry England"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8ab6fcb-a686-4d1b-a549-fc9a8e3486fa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "05917b7ff7610377673710c0d659a9e7ae7d17004a2c0616cf1da2fa7bdd2f3c"
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 511 (2019_20) — Highways, bridges, and ferries; funding sources and a consolidated state entity for the planning and implementation of mobility and transit services; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 32, 36, 45, 48, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries; local government; to repeal and reserve Chapter 32 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Road and Tollway Authority, so as to redesignate Code sections relative to such authority to a new chapter and make conforming changes to reflect such transfer; to amend the O.C.G.A., so as to make conforming and cross-reference changes relating to such redesignation and transfer; to reserve Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Road and Tollway Authority; 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.

1. **HB 511/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195249.pdf)
2. **LC 39 2111/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183032.pdf)
3. **LC 39 2199S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183768.pdf)
4. **LC 39 2206S/RCS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184174.pdf)
5. **LC 39 2206S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183992.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 2617S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192487.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **159–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** House Hopper
- **2019-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-05** Act 572 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8ab6fcb-a686-4d1b-a549-fc9a8e3486fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).