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type: "Bill"
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title: "'Local Government 9-1-1 Authority Act'; Local Government 9-1-1 Authority; create"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 36, 45, and 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, public officers and employees, and public utilities and public transportation, respectively, so as to create the Local Government 9-1-1 Authority; to provide for members, powers, duties, authority, and responsibilities; to change certain provisions relating to the remittance of 9-1-1 charges; to provide for payment by service suppliers to the Local Government 9-1-1 Authority; to provide for administrative costs; to provide for legal representation; to provide for penalties and interest for noncompliance; to revise definitions relative to the Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 222"
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citation: "Georgia SB 222 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Butch Miller", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Renee Unterman", "Rick Jeffares", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-21"
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last_action: "2017-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54cec1a4-bf4b-4960-bf74-c5cfa9105ea2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "427afcbb6699923544897b6885379f13890878dc02e2ed6bd183874fb040c5bb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 222 (2017_18) — 'Local Government 9-1-1 Authority Act'; Local Government 9-1-1 Authority; create
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 36, 45, and 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, public officers and employees, and public utilities and public transportation, respectively, so as to create the Local Government 9-1-1 Authority; to provide for members, powers, duties, authority, and responsibilities; to change certain provisions relating to the remittance of 9-1-1 charges; to provide for payment by service suppliers to the Local Government 9-1-1 Authority; to provide for administrative costs; to provide for legal representation; to provide for penalties and interest for noncompliance; to revise definitions relative to the Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **50–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-21** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2017-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-30** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-09** Veto V9 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54cec1a4-bf4b-4960-bf74-c5cfa9105ea2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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