republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-255.md

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Bill	State purchasing; equal credits be given to certain forestry certification systems when using green building standards in state construction operation, repair, and renovation projects; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general authority, duties, and procedure relative to state purchasing, so as to require equal credits be given to certain forestry certification systems when using green building standards in state construction, operation, repair, and renovation projects; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 255	Georgia HB 255 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Barbara Sims Chad Nimmer Chuck Williams Gerald Greene Jon Burns Mike Cheokas	5	15	1	2015-02-09	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/88d46025-1ee5-490d-8207-877ddd617df3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ffcfd3b375604bafbb3e9670002528f83fe7ba7b8f2f8e2ca3911bb530bd5fa9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 255 (2015_16) — State purchasing; equal credits be given to certain forestry certification systems when using green building standards in state construction operation, repair, and renovation projects; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general authority, duties, and procedure relative to state purchasing, so as to require equal credits be given to certain forestry certification systems when using green building standards in state construction, operation, repair, and renovation projects; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 255/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 0787/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 40 0878S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0878S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 120–44 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Sims — primary (person)
• Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
• Chuck Williams — primary (person)
• Gerald Greene — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Cheokas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-09 House Hopper
• 2015-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-09 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-09 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-04 Act 47 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88d46025-1ee5-490d-8207-877ddd617df3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).