republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-265.md

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Bill	Mass transportation; suspension of restrictions on the use of annual proceeds from sales and use taxes by public transit authorities; repeal provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mass transportation, so as to repeal provisions relating to the suspension of restrictions on the use of annual proceeds from sales and use taxes by public transit authorities; to repeal provisions relating to the board of directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for contingent repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 265	Georgia HB 265 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Edward Lindsey Harry Geisinger Lynne Riley Mike Jacobs Tom Taylor Wendell Willard	5	23	1	2013-02-07	2014-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c0d40a24-9b0d-4b64-b0e5-60bdf7cec117	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	83b4f426c1e814fec32017f2668d92ad34157dcb49e6f971ba19e41739f1ad9f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 265 (2013_14) — Mass transportation; suspension of restrictions on the use of annual proceeds from sales and use taxes by public transit authorities; repeal provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mass transportation, so as to repeal provisions relating to the suspension of restrictions on the use of annual proceeds from sales and use taxes by public transit authorities; to repeal provisions relating to the board of directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for contingent repeal; 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 265/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 0356/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 0393S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 0393S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 39 0739S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 156–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
• Lynne Riley — primary (person)
• Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
• Tom Taylor — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-07 House Hopper
• 2013-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-11 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2013-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-20 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2014-03-20 Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-20 House Insisted
• 2014-03-20 House Conference Committee Appointed 80th, 47th, 50th
• 2014-03-20 Senate Receded from Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-24 Act 608 executive-signature
• 2014-06-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0d40a24-9b0d-4b64-b0e5-60bdf7cec117. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).