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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Emergency Communications Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; to amend Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to revise the Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977 to account for the establishment of the authority; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35, Title 45, and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment and training of peace officers, public officers and employees, and state administrative organization, respectively, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 751"
citation: "Georgia HB 751 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Chuck Efstration", "Rick Jasperse", "Terry Rogers", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b415562-b377-4ba8-a03b-dfd918654d09"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0d9ea20389c65670bb029be9332b7516af13a8bf389c70b4ad6622d9d2f4cd12"
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 HB 751 (2017_18) — Georgia Emergency Communications Authority Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; to amend Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to revise the Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977 to account for the establishment of the authority; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35, Title 45, and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment and training of peace officers, public officers and employees, and state administrative organization, respectively, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates 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.
## Votes
- AM 41 0324 — **10557** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-25** House Hopper
- **2018-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** Act 436 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b415562-b377-4ba8-a03b-dfd918654d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).