---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to authorize the authority to acquire, construct, equip, maintain, and operate certain projects, including buildings and facilities for use by the City of Cochran for its governmental, proprietary, and administrative functions; to provide that certain moneys are trust funds; to provide that this Act shall be liberally construed; to define the scope of the authority's operation; to provide for disposition of property upon dissolution of the authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; 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: "SB 612"
citation: "Georgia SB 612 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry Walker, III"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bda080c2-7bc5-4f5a-9c9d-46c1e698fe88"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cd20d9b22209560f7d75281c8bb2f8d78d7c1d5eb24c50f8f74c38a695403bf7"
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 612 (2025_26) — City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to authorize the authority to acquire, construct, equip, maintain, and operate certain projects, including buildings and facilities for use by the City of Cochran for its governmental, proprietary, and administrative functions; to provide that certain moneys are trust funds; to provide that this Act shall be liberally construed; to define the scope of the authority's operation; to provide for disposition of property upon dissolution of the authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245237.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 62 0435** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244490.pdf)
3. **SB 612 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244491.pdf)
4. **SB 612/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246964.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #639 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-02** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 618 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bda080c2-7bc5-4f5a-9c9d-46c1e698fe88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).