---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize"
description: "A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property located in Bryan County, Colquitt County, Fulton County, Glynn County, Habersham County, Hall County, and Henry County; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Cherokee County, Effingham County, Hall County, Miller County, Sumter County, and Tattnall County; authorizing the exchange of certain state owned property located in Clarke County; to provide an effective date; 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: "HR 97"
citation: "Georgia HR 97 (2025_26)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Emory Dunahoo", "Gerald Greene", "Michael Smith", "Scott Hilton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b5c5635-ce59-4050-ab4c-e9aa40d81f47"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "87fb97564c063da84818ce790811b1186fd2272479653518948bc79fcc348546"
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 97 (2025_26) — Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize

A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property located in Bryan County, Colquitt County, Fulton County, Glynn County, Habersham County, Hall County, and Henry County; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Cherokee County, Effingham County, Hall County, Miller County, Sumter County, and Tattnall County; authorizing the exchange of certain state owned property located in Clarke County; to provide an effective date; 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 97/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237202.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0064/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230663.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 62 0118S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233793.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #312 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #23 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #225 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Michael Smith — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 364 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b5c5635-ce59-4050-ab4c-e9aa40d81f47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).