republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-494.md

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Bill	Mass transportation; installation of safety markers on utility lines to provide adequate visual warning in use of private airstrips; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mass transportation, so as to provide for the installation of safety markers on utility lines to provide for adequate visual warning in the use of private airstrips; to provide for definitions; to provide for the powers, authority, and duties of the Department of Transportation; to provide for a schedule of installation fees; to impose a penalty; to provide an appeal process; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations by the department; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 494	Georgia HB 494 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Jimmy Pruett Mike Cheokas	9	18	1	2013-02-26	2014-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/772708f3-dd94-47d9-98ab-d7609f3cbf44	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b8d5281b257558a49f5c08661e17002d72ee782bcf1049b0395ab14adf5e4e28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 494 (2013_14) — Mass transportation; installation of safety markers on utility lines to provide adequate visual warning in use of private airstrips; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mass transportation, so as to provide for the installation of safety markers on utility lines to provide for adequate visual warning in the use of private airstrips; to provide for definitions; to provide for the powers, authority, and duties of the Department of Transportation; to provide for a schedule of installation fees; to impose a penalty; to provide an appeal process; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations by the department; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; 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 494/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 2287/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 0445S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 0445S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 39 0459S (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen floor amend 1 AM 40 0095 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1a (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 2 AM 21 3883 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen flr amend to HB 494 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 167–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
• Mike Cheokas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-26 House Hopper
• 2013-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-28 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-01-13 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2014-02-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-02-11 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2014-03-11 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-24 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-29 Act 658 executive-signature
• 2014-04-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/772708f3-dd94-47d9-98ab-d7609f3cbf44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).