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Bill Transportation; eligible expenditures; Georgia Freight Railroad Program; provisions A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to provide for eligible expenditures for the Georgia Freight Railroad Program of the Georgia Department of Transportation; to amend Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to revenue and taxation, so as to provide for an exemption to state sales and use tax; to amend Code Section 52-2-5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to composition of the Georgia Ports Authority; appointment, terms, and qualifications of members generally; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 HB 588 Georgia HB 588 (2021_22)
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Jon Burns
Mandi Ballinger
Matt Hatchett
Rick Jasperse
Vance Smith
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Georgia HB 588 (2021_22) — Transportation; eligible expenditures; Georgia Freight Railroad Program; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to provide for eligible expenditures for the Georgia Freight Railroad Program of the Georgia Department of Transportation; to amend Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to revenue and taxation, so as to provide for an exemption to state sales and use tax; to amend Code Section 52-2-5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to composition of the Georgia Ports Authority; appointment, terms, and qualifications of members generally; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 588/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 39 2931/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 39 2980S/rcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. Sen ctee sub LC 39 3076ERS (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen ctee sub LC 43 2031TS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1660 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
  • Jon Burns — primary (person)
  • Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
  • Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
  • Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
  • Vance Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-22 House Hopper
  • 2021-02-23 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2021-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2021-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2021-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2021-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2021-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2021-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-29 Senate Engrossed passage
  • 2021-03-29 Senate Tabled
  • 2021-03-31 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2021-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2021-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2021-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-05-05 Act 224 executive-signature
  • 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1142f88-e226-4028-af8a-a4b42c08a07c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).