---
type: "Bill"
title: "Saint Marys Airport Authority; repeal Act"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating and establishing the Saint Marys Airport Authority, approved March 4, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 2438), as amended by an Act approved April 11, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 3278); to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; to provide for related matters; to provide a specific repealer; 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 683"
citation: "Georgia HB 683 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Corbett", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96cb4b2f-bf25-4033-827d-96f936d73a58"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8d0e947bb7ee773e0453a854bd43e8369b76b2db2f1778030d5778be388ccf45"
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 683 (2019_20) — Saint Marys Airport Authority; repeal Act

A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating and establishing the Saint Marys Airport Authority, approved March 4, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 2438), as amended by an Act approved April 11, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 3278); to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; to provide for related matters; to provide a specific repealer; 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 683/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187464.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1195/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185848.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185949.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **152–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25** House Hopper
- **2019-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 289 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96cb4b2f-bf25-4033-827d-96f936d73a58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).