republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-417.md

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Bill	'Georgia Film and Television Trail Act'; create; provide definitions; purpose	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the "Georgia Film and Television Trail Act"; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for a purpose; to provide for the Department of Economic Development to plan and develop the trail; to provide for policies; to provide for the Department of Transportation to place trail signs designed in conjunction with the Department of Economic Development; to provide for certain immunities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 417	Georgia SB 417 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Brandon Beach Frank Ginn Jeff Mullis Steve Gooch	7	16	1	2016-02-23	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d19681a3-fd83-4487-8e9b-7c82bc00d557	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6ad9a5d007ddd6a82973f6c0b80e57514aef82212e375e501be77563cb15af8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 417 (2015_16) — 'Georgia Film and Television Trail Act'; create; provide definitions; purpose

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the "Georgia Film and Television Trail Act"; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for a purpose; to provide for the Department of Economic Development to plan and develop the trail; to provide for policies; to provide for the Department of Transportation to place trail signs designed in conjunction with the Department of Economic Development; to provide for certain immunities; 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 introduced LC 37 2160 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amendment AM 41 0203 (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 37 2224S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 417/AP* (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 417/HCSFA (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-23 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-03-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 398 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d19681a3-fd83-4487-8e9b-7c82bc00d557. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).