---
type: "Bill"
title: "Heritage trust program; sale of Patrick's Fishing Paradise to a private entity; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the heritage trust program, so as to authorize the sale of Patrick's Fishing Paradise to a private entity; to provide for a procedure for same; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 619"
citation: "Georgia HB 619 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Penny Houston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3309b8f4-309f-463a-9666-213b7e4179c7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f1228a934f5298aee057d2c52037e55639a53dba447210f18b55d9f4ac98dae2"
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 619 (2021_22) — Heritage trust program; sale of Patrick's Fishing Paradise to a private entity; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the heritage trust program, so as to authorize the sale of Patrick's Fishing Paradise to a private entity; to provide for a procedure for same; to provide for a definition; 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 619/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202541.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1685/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198614.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1746S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201340.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **174–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Penny Houston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** House Hopper
- **2021-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** Act 259 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3309b8f4-309f-463a-9666-213b7e4179c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).