---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Roads; Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; provide for purpose"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the regulation of maintenance and use of public roads, so as to provide for the purpose of the Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; to provide for the issuance of permits for the removal or trimming of vegetation on state rights of way when such vegetation obstructs the target viewing zone of a building, sign, or structure upon commercial property; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations for the issuance of such permits; to provide for the department to set standards for applications and fees for such permits; to prohibit the removal or certain types of vegetation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 383"
citation: "Georgia SB 383 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Ellis Black", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "Michael Williams", "Tommie Williams", "William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31572b3b-f210-4a9b-8de3-9daf59fcf86c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5962ff9b20f0c04810f5741a4819c52229cd36849f9fa34dba982f02cd805cc6"
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 383 (2015_16) — Public Roads; Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; provide for purpose

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the regulation of maintenance and use of public roads, so as to provide for the purpose of the Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; to provide for the issuance of permits for the removal or trimming of vegetation on state rights of way when such vegetation obstructs the target viewing zone of a building, sign, or structure upon commercial property; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations for the issuance of such permits; to provide for the department to set standards for applications and fees for such permits; to prohibit the removal or certain types of vegetation; 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. **As introduced LC 39 1313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157534.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159057.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 39 1357S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158603.pdf)
4. **Floor Amendment 3 AM 39 0162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158997.pdf)
5. **Floor amendment 1 AM 39 0161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158998.pdf)
6. **Floor amendment 1a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159003.pdf)
7. **Floor amendment 1b** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159013.pdf)
8. **Floor amendment 2 AM 39 0160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158999.pdf)
9. **Floor amendment 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159008.pdf)
10. **LC 40 1190ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160424.pdf)
11. **LC 40 1191ERS/hsfs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161088.pdf)
12. **SB 383/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162440.pdf)

## Votes

- MOTION TO TABLE — **4–33** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- Michael Williams — primary (person)
- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Veto V16 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31572b3b-f210-4a9b-8de3-9daf59fcf86c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).