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type: "Bill"
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title: "Aviation; unmanned aircraft systems; provide for preemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding aviation, so as to provide for preemption for unmanned aircraft systems; to define a term; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 481"
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citation: "Georgia HB 481 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ed Rynders", "James Epps", "Kevin Tanner", "Rich Golick"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-23"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c62d1a03-e175-4122-afe9-3b727fe1fc8c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "10b90fb37fd1f29ef3e29c5665aaf06e6923f39e8439e4f6f9ce947320bebc20"
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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 481 (2017_18) — Aviation; unmanned aircraft systems; provide for preemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding aviation, so as to provide for preemption for unmanned aircraft systems; to define a term; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Rich Golick — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-23** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-09** Act 268 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/c62d1a03-e175-4122-afe9-3b727fe1fc8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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