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type: "Bill"
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title: "Solar Power Free-Market Financing Act of 2015; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the generation and distribution of electricity generally, so as to provide for financing of solar technology by retail electric customers for the generation of electric energy to be used on and by property owned or occupied by such customers or to be fed back to the electric service provider; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 57"
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citation: "Georgia HB 57 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buzz Brockway", "Ed Setzler", "Harry Geisinger", "Karla Drenner", "Mark Hamilton", "Mike Dudgeon"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-14"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/146e12b2-46eb-4c7f-8317-55c4137a70a0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6224596a916e8cfa03de425ece27d8f870f2f1ee4ccffa00d5899c8fbc244f9f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 57 (2015_16) — Solar Power Free-Market Financing Act of 2015; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the generation and distribution of electricity generally, so as to provide for financing of solar technology by retail electric customers for the generation of electric energy to be used on and by property owned or occupied by such customers or to be fed back to the electric service provider; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 57/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153399.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 2633ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145473.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
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- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
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- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
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- Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-14** House Hopper
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- **2015-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-01-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Act 300 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/146e12b2-46eb-4c7f-8317-55c4137a70a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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