---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ware County; nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors support a perimeter highway bypass around Waycross; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Ware County support a perimeter highway bypass around Waycross; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for a referendum; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1093"
citation: "Georgia HB 1093 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Burchett", "John Corbett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b38bdf1-c414-4e9c-a2a1-9a9e3e3eb84c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5980d52eef7aed1f8d6f6782069159a7ebe7d52dd59c2d24f503bd304af6cf56"
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 1093 (2025_26) — Ware County; nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors support a perimeter highway bypass around Waycross; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Ware County support a perimeter highway bypass around Waycross; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for a referendum; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 1093/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242713.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3867/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240924.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240984.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #480 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #548 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Burchett — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-19** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-19** Act 373 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-19** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b38bdf1-c414-4e9c-a2a1-9a9e3e3eb84c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).