---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize"
description: "A RESOLUTION authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Appling County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property located in Bacon County; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Bacon County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property in Morgan, Newton, and Walton counties; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Rabun County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property in Taylor County; and authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property in Walton County; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HR 157"
citation: "Georgia HR 157 (2023_24)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "Debbie Buckner", "Emory Dunahoo", "Gerald Greene", "Ken Vance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8064adee-ce21-4c4c-9489-a6ff8f1f1ae5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "164268d40763c6303f2f305b84aafff2838e9d9d500eb01e32fc0241e3266483"
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 HR 157 (2023_24) — Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize

A RESOLUTION authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Appling County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property located in Bacon County; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Bacon County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property in Morgan, Newton, and Walton counties; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Rabun County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property in Taylor County; and authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property in Walton County; 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. **HR 157/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220426.pdf)
2. **LC 54 0173/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214274.pdf)
3. **LC 54 0199S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215566.pdf)
4. **LC 54 0199S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214952.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 54 0234S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217307.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #357 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #205 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #60 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Ken Vance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 71 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8064adee-ce21-4c4c-9489-a6ff8f1f1ae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).