---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Streamlining Wireless Facilities and Antennas Act\""
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, so as to enact the \"Streamlining Wireless Facilities and Antennas Act\"; to streamline the deployment of wireless broadband in the public rights of way; to address any perceived conflicts between this Act and Chapter 66B of Title 36;to provide that nothing in this Act relieves any person of any duties provided for in Chapter 9 of Title 25; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 66"
citation: "Georgia SB 66 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "David Lucas", "Frank Ginn", "Harold Jones II", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c34a0da-c739-4167-9013-133308b77caa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cd2d41b79c7c5619c2c06f115a3db320db3b4f819821e915bcbdfe97ea8b2706"
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 66 (2019_20) — "Streamlining Wireless Facilities and Antennas Act"

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, so as to enact the "Streamlining Wireless Facilities and Antennas Act"; to streamline the deployment of wireless broadband in the public rights of way; to address any perceived conflicts between this Act and Chapter 66B of Title 36;to provide that nothing in this Act relieves any person of any duties provided for in Chapter 9 of Title 25; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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. **As introduced LC 36 3771ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180594.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182648.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 36 3821ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181569.pdf)
4. **SB 66/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185977.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Act 53 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c34a0da-c739-4167-9013-133308b77caa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).