republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-617.md

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Bill	Highways, bridges, and ferries; development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan; provide	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 the development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan; to provide for a definition; to provide for responsibilities and duties of the Planning Division and director; to provide for standards and considerations for such plan; to require annual reporting to the General Assembly; to provide for legislative intent and declarations; to provide for the creation of a Georgia Freight 2050 Program subject to appropriation by the General Assembly; to provide for purposes of such program; to identify intended funding for such program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 617	Georgia HB 617 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Brad Thomas Clay Pirkle Leesa Hagan Marcus Wiedower Rick Jasperse	4	19	2	2023-02-27	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/944f3b67-3d82-4b19-9b9e-1484fb56bba5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e0c042fb29bb3c09cdd4c9f7fc2f3c4ec4c39e980f4066fe989b4cadb45693cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 617 (2023_24) — Highways, bridges, and ferries; development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan; provide

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 the development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan; to provide for a definition; to provide for responsibilities and duties of the Planning Division and director; to provide for standards and considerations for such plan; to require annual reporting to the General Assembly; to provide for legislative intent and declarations; to provide for the creation of a Georgia Freight 2050 Program subject to appropriation by the General Assembly; to provide for purposes of such program; to identify intended funding for such program; 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. HB 617/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 3801/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 3846S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 3846S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #852 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 45–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #616 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brad Thomas — primary (person)
• Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
• Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
• Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-27 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-02-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 579 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/944f3b67-3d82-4b19-9b9e-1484fb56bba5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).