republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-477.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Abandoned public road property; notice and right to acquire when located within a subdivision; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedures for disposition of property formerly acquired for public road purposes but later abandoned, so as to provide for notice and right to acquire when such property is located within a subdivision; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 477	Georgia HB 477 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Jan Jones	5	16	1	2015-02-24	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/0483e2b8-ca53-48ef-af57-3b18886ee783	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	363657b4cdf70384153eac475c876dc610d01840a2178fdcc64e569763d18dba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 477 (2015_16) — Abandoned public road property; notice and right to acquire when located within a subdivision; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedures for disposition of property formerly acquired for public road purposes but later abandoned, so as to provide for notice and right to acquire when such property is located within a subdivision; to provide an effective date; 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 477/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 25 6485/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 1005S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 1005S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 28 7633S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 163–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jan Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 House Hopper
• 2015-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-09 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-09 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-27 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 229 executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0483e2b8-ca53-48ef-af57-3b18886ee783. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).