---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways, bridges, and ferries; proposal guaranty for bids upon certain projects; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 and Code Section 40-6-181 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to highways, bridges, and ferries and maximum speed limits, respectively, so as to provide for a proposal guaranty for bids upon certain projects; to provide for the licensing of airports; to provide for definitions; to provide for issuance of cease and desist orders and punishment; to provide for posting of signage of maximum speed limits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 577"
citation: "Georgia HB 577 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon Burns", "Kasey Carpenter", "Marcus Wiedower", "Rick Jasperse", "Teri Anulewicz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae36b61d-af6f-4468-9150-130300ded80a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5acaf7b1357993aa777acada164dcd1b0d26847bdc56d54edee0dbd0a5884f19"
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 577 (2021_22) — Highways, bridges, and ferries; proposal guaranty for bids upon certain projects; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 and Code Section 40-6-181 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to highways, bridges, and ferries and maximum speed limits, respectively, so as to provide for a proposal guaranty for bids upon certain projects; to provide for the licensing of airports; to provide for definitions; to provide for issuance of cease and desist orders and punishment; to provide for posting of signage of maximum speed limits; 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 577/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202523.pdf)
2. **LC 39 2923/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198295.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3064S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201286.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3079ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201985.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** House Hopper
- **2021-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Act 241 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae36b61d-af6f-4468-9150-130300ded80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).