republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-79.md

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Bill	Outdoor Advertising; references to the term "mechanical" in relation to multiple message signs; remove	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-6-75 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restrictions on outdoor advertising authorized by Code Sections 32-6-72 and 32-6-73 and multiple message signs on the interstate system, primary highways, and other highways, so as to remove references to the term "mechanical" in relation to multiple message signs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 79	Georgia SB 79 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Brandon Beach Frank Ginn Gloria Butler Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	6	16	1	2019-02-08	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e0301a56-9816-4fb1-b647-5a89c313be35	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e45f5687d925c72f1fd06b16daa9b1a545439652d1e35d2611fc353e971e3595	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 79 (2019_20) — Outdoor Advertising; references to the term "mechanical" in relation to multiple message signs; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-6-75 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restrictions on outdoor advertising authorized by Code Sections 32-6-72 and 32-6-73 and multiple message signs on the interstate system, primary highways, and other highways, so as to remove references to the term "mechanical" in relation to multiple message signs; 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 39 2044 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 39 2235S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 79/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 52–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-08 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2019-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-26 Act 54 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0301a56-9816-4fb1-b647-5a89c313be35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).