republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-116.md

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Bill	Disposition of Municipal Property; the maximum term of certain leases or contracts for the use of property owned by a municipality for recreational facilities; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-37-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of municipal property generally, so as to revise provisions relating to the maximum term of certain leases or contracts for the use, operation, or management of real or personal property owned by a municipality for recreational facilities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 116	Georgia SB 116 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Derek Mallow Frank Ginn Steve Gooch	3	15	2	2023-02-08	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/029725fb-d01b-4c0e-979c-62370eaf62a6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3331efb8942ee721c42ae3646c6e3460d3aef7e5eece41d4e3633bc40f36d378	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 116 (2023_24) — Disposition of Municipal Property; the maximum term of certain leases or contracts for the use of property owned by a municipality for recreational facilities; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-37-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of municipal property generally, so as to revise provisions relating to the maximum term of certain leases or contracts for the use, operation, or management of real or personal property owned by a municipality for recreational facilities; 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 47 2160 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 116/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #233 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #85 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Derek Mallow — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-08 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-02-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-09 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-14 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-14 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-01 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Act 82 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/029725fb-d01b-4c0e-979c-62370eaf62a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).