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Bill "Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act" A BILL to be entitled an Act to enact the "Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act"; to amend Titles 32, 36, 48, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, local government, revenue and taxation, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for broadband services planning, deployment, and incentives; to provide authorization for the Department of Transportation to take certain actions to enable the rights of way of interstate highways to be used for the deployment of broadband and other communications technologies; to change certain definitions relative to the "OneGeorgia Authority Act" to include broadband services; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 SB 402 Georgia SB 402 (2017_18)
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Ben Watson
Bill Cowsert
Blake Tillery
Brandon Beach
Butch Miller
David Lucas
Ellis Black
Frank Ginn
Greg Kirk
Jack Hill
Jeff Mullis
Jesse Stone
John Albers
John Kennedy
John Wilkinson
Kay Kirkpatrick
Lawrence Walker III
Lee Anderson
Matt Brass
Steve Gooch
Tyler Harper
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Georgia SB 402 (2017_18) — "Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act"

A BILL to be entitled an Act to enact the "Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act"; to amend Titles 32, 36, 48, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, local government, revenue and taxation, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for broadband services planning, deployment, and incentives; to provide authorization for the Department of Transportation to take certain actions to enable the rights of way of interstate highways to be used for the deployment of broadband and other communications technologies; to change certain definitions relative to the "OneGeorgia Authority Act" to include broadband services; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

Votes

  • PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 520 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Blake Tillery — primary (person)
  • Brandon Beach — primary (person)
  • Butch Miller — primary (person)
  • David Lucas — primary (person)
  • Ellis Black — primary (person)
  • Frank Ginn — primary (person)
  • Greg Kirk — primary (person)
  • Jack Hill — primary (person)
  • Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
  • Jesse Stone — primary (person)
  • John Albers — primary (person)
  • John Kennedy — primary (person)
  • John Wilkinson — primary (person)
  • Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
  • Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
  • Lee Anderson — primary (person)
  • Matt Brass — primary (person)
  • Steve Gooch — primary (person)
  • Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-07 Senate Hopper
  • 2018-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2018-02-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2018-02-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2018-02-23 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2018-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2018-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2018-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2018-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2018-03-23 Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2018-03-23 House Insisted
  • 2018-03-23 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 51st, 18th, 56th
  • 2018-03-23 House Conference Committee Appointed 171st, 116th, 172nd
  • 2018-03-29 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
  • 2018-03-29 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
  • 2018-04-06 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2018-05-07 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2018-05-07 Act 423 executive-signature
  • 2018-05-07 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2dd6286-4742-48e0-a2af-b4f80de21754. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).