---
type: "Bill"
title: "East Georgia Regional Airport Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the East Georgia Regional Airport Authority; to provide for liberal construction; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 288"
citation: "Georgia HB 288 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Parrish"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d4d4d50-e299-47b1-bb3b-457f4036d37f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4d6196a5b23b9bee525b51dd8ca4e7fcdf5c2247c2d00e16f4f2daed9307d17c"
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 288 (2023_24) — East Georgia Regional Airport Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the East Georgia Regional Airport Authority; to provide for liberal construction; 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 288/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218045.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1911/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213982.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213990.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #44 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #232 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butch Parrish — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2023-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 118 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d4d4d50-e299-47b1-bb3b-457f4036d37f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).