republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-216.md

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Bill	Richard H. Smith Georgia CHIPS Advancement in Research and Economic Development Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission; to provide for the purpose, membership, and duties of such commission; to amend Chapter 34 of Title 50, relating to the OneGeorgia Authority, so as to abolish the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Consortium; to replace the advisory panel and executive committee governing said consortium with the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for a sunset date; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 216	Georgia HB 216 (2025_26)	bill	STATE GOVERNMENT	enacted	Carmen Rice Carolyn Hugley Debbie Buckner Jon Burns Todd Jones Vance Smith	2	17	2	2025-01-30	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/185226bf-9592-42db-858a-f734a57c13d4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	542a2fa75f15dadcd67eb30ee747f4025d0194ac78d8986ab38d00f75af2563a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 216 (2025_26) — Richard H. Smith Georgia CHIPS Advancement in Research and Economic Development Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission; to provide for the purpose, membership, and duties of such commission; to amend Chapter 34 of Title 50, relating to the OneGeorgia Authority, so as to abolish the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Consortium; to replace the advisory panel and executive committee governing said consortium with the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for a sunset date; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; 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 216/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 59 0065/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #365 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #30 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carmen Rice — primary (person)
• Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Todd Jones — primary (person)
• Vance Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-12 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-31 Senate Tabled
• 2025-03-31 Senate Taken from Table
• 2025-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 176 executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/185226bf-9592-42db-858a-f734a57c13d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).