---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pickens County Airport Authority; repeal Act"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating the Pickens County Airport Authority, approved April 19, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3645), as amended; to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 840"
citation: "Georgia HB 840 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/411596e2-131f-40ee-a4e5-1dde012918c1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6c838fcd7ba1e6266db1a2866b95a08a08d46c5a6d7c851919dcc813dbd1a262"
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 840 (2025_26) — Pickens County Airport Authority; repeal Act

A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating the Pickens County Airport Authority, approved April 19, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3645), as amended; to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; 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 840/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238858.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0132/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237210.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237354.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-25** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 240 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/411596e2-131f-40ee-a4e5-1dde012918c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).