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type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation, Dept. of; change type of projects eligible for design-build contracts and procurement process"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Transportation's power to contract generally, so as to change the type of projects eligible for design-build contracts and the procurement process for such contracts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "Georgia SB 70 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "Cecil Staton", "Charlie Bethel", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Don Balfour", "Frank Ginn", "Jack Murphy", "Jason Carter", "Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Joshua McKoon", "Judson Hill", "Rick Jeffares", "Ronnie Chance", "Steve Gooch", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper", "William Jackson", "William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-28"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4881cb4-2bc1-4c72-98c5-ecf25ef7e005"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "466e568003ca0f52b584ac085158062be2b94fb56b1b3953f365a04c330dd1f6"
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 SB 70 (2013_14) — Transportation, Dept. of; change type of projects eligible for design-build contracts and procurement process
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Transportation's power to contract generally, so as to change the type of projects eligible for design-build contracts and the procurement process for such contracts; 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 39 0345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128732.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132187.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 39 0392S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131392.pdf)
4. **SB 70/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137072.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **510** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Cecil Staton — primary (person)
- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Don Balfour — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jack Murphy — primary (person)
- Jason Carter — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
- Judson Hill — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- Ronnie Chance — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
- William Jackson — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-01-28** Senate Hopper
- **2013-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-18** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-18** Act 19 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4881cb4-2bc1-4c72-98c5-ecf25ef7e005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).