---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aviation; air facilities; identification of airport affected areas; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of local governments as to air facilities, so as to provide for the identification of airport affected areas; to provide for public notice and public hearing; to require the adoption, administration, and enforcement of regulations relative to the use of land in airport affected areas; to provide for standards for adoption of such regulations; to provide for consultation with the Department of Transportation; to provide for the adoption of local methods of enforcing regulations relative to airport area affected areas; to provide for a method for requesting variances; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; 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 1434"
citation: "Georgia HB 1434 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AVIATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clint Crowe", "David Jenkins", "Lauren McDonald III", "Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-24"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0507cb7d-f4bf-4203-b89e-3f4a28f302c7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "81495a5ba452ab6f172274eac734fdf01319c54a057a3942f7f6a6fd9e5bf607"
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 1434 (2025_26) — Aviation; air facilities; identification of airport affected areas; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of local governments as to air facilities, so as to provide for the identification of airport affected areas; to provide for public notice and public hearing; to require the adoption, administration, and enforcement of regulations relative to the use of land in airport affected areas; to provide for standards for adoption of such regulations; to provide for consultation with the Department of Transportation; to provide for the adoption of local methods of enforcing regulations relative to airport area affected areas; to provide for a method for requesting variances; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; 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 1434/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249045.pdf)
2. **LC 39 4979/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243742.pdf)
3. **LC 39 5020S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245434.pdf)
4. **LC 39 5020S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244504.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 39 5093S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246287.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #668 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #869 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #950 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
- David Jenkins — primary (person)
- Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-24** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2026-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 457 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0507cb7d-f4bf-4203-b89e-3f4a28f302c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).