---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tri-County Natural Gas Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Tri-County Natural Gas Authority; 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 625"
citation: "Georgia HB 625 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Rob Leverett", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f86cefb9-dd8b-4994-9ddc-f086c222ad5c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5fa8fa877977d86e82eae17c08f7ea03c4168377cd3fe1e1002a4d866fd4ca5f"
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 625 (2021_22) — Tri-County Natural Gas Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Tri-County Natural Gas 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 625/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201149.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0731/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198621.pdf)
3. **Local Ads** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198718.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — 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`
- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 69 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f86cefb9-dd8b-4994-9ddc-f086c222ad5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).