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type: "Bill"
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title: "Blasting and Excavating Near Utility Facilities; prohibit local governing authorities from adopting ordinances"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to blasting or excavating near utility facilities, so as to prohibit local governing authorities from adopting or enforcing ordinances which mandate marking requirements or standards which are different from those contained in state law or the rules and regulations of certain departments of this state; 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: "SB 191"
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citation: "Georgia SB 191 (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: ["Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "Curt Thompson", "Ed Harbison", "Frank Ginn", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "Joshua McKoon", "Lindsey Tippins", "Rick Jeffares", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-03-02"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8079629b-bfcd-4e59-b232-fa2c8f263df5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d36417624f59535bc0013565cb04b60de4fcd8a8758e02fe7afac709afa9d3f7"
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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 SB 191 (2015_16) — Blasting and Excavating Near Utility Facilities; prohibit local governing authorities from adopting ordinances
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to blasting or excavating near utility facilities, so as to prohibit local governing authorities from adopting or enforcing ordinances which mandate marking requirements or standards which are different from those contained in state law or the rules and regulations of certain departments of this state; 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. **As introduced LC 36 2717** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149633.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151268.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 36 2758S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150218.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 36 0513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151266.pdf)
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5. **LC 36 3021S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159815.pdf)
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6. **SB 191/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162201.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY SENATOR FROM THE 47TH TO COMMITTEE SUB — **23–23** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Curt Thompson — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 367 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/8079629b-bfcd-4e59-b232-fa2c8f263df5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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