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type: "Bill"
title: "Mass transportation; installation of safety markers on utility lines to provide adequate visual warning in use of private airstrips; provide"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 494"
citation: "Georgia HB 494 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Jimmy Pruett", "Mike Cheokas"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2014-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/772708f3-dd94-47d9-98ab-d7609f3cbf44"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b8d5281b257558a49f5c08661e17002d72ee782bcf1049b0395ab14adf5e4e28"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143248.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2287/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132448.pdf)
3. **LC 39 0445S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134024.pdf)
4. **LC 39 0445S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132938.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 0459S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134463.pdf)
6. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 40 0095** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139613.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139677.pdf)
8. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 21 3883** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139662.pdf)
9. **Sen flr amend to HB 494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139693.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/772708f3-dd94-47d9-98ab-d7609f3cbf44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).