---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Ellaville-Schley County Parks and Recreation Authority Act\"; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Ellaville-Schley County Parks and Recreation Authority and to authorize such authority to provide recreational services throughout Schley County; to provide a short title; to provide for audits; to provide for funding; to authorize employment of officers, agents, and employees; to provide for construction of this Act; to provide for conveyance of property upon dissolution; to provide for related matters; to provide for activation of the authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 567"
citation: "Georgia SB 567 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Harbison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-24"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/197f1496-f4bb-4180-9933-2143970d06c2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b5b101c4b929ad6e03e70a4cc01067a6763d32f0d0552e38d6333a3e7d4f2f71"
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 SB 567 (2025_26) — "Ellaville-Schley County Parks and Recreation Authority Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Ellaville-Schley County Parks and Recreation Authority and to authorize such authority to provide recreational services throughout Schley County; to provide a short title; to provide for audits; to provide for funding; to authorize employment of officers, agents, and employees; to provide for construction of this Act; to provide for conveyance of property upon dissolution; to provide for related matters; to provide for activation of the authority; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244709.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 62 0408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243787.pdf)
3. **SB 567 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243798.pdf)
4. **SB 567/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247725.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #754 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #600 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Harbison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-24** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 699 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/197f1496-f4bb-4180-9933-2143970d06c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).