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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center Authority; change provisions relating to membership"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center Authority, approved April 21, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4499), as amended, so as to change the provisions relating to the membership of such authority; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 978"
citation: "Georgia HB 978 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Hitchens", "Bob Bryant", "J. Craig Gordon", "Mickey Stephens", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-10"
last_action: "2014-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb5e650d-a0c0-4cc5-ae3b-7737fb3f43ea"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e74419d5288ce3c469bdbb3db2ba7e164e060c5efd74ac4ab7f03862028be97e"
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 978 (2013_14) — Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center Authority; change provisions relating to membership
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center Authority, approved April 21, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4499), as amended, so as to change the provisions relating to the membership of such authority; to provide 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 978/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144843.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0502/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139425.pdf)
3. **Sen floor sub LC 40 0601S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142588.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar Without HB 986 — **1612** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Bob Bryant — primary (person)
- J. Craig Gordon — primary (person)
- Mickey Stephens — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-10** House Hopper
- **2014-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-17** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2014-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-13** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 531 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb5e650d-a0c0-4cc5-ae3b-7737fb3f43ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).