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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Technology Authority; definition of the term \"agency\"; change; establishment of certain policies and standards used by all agencies; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Technology Authority, so as to change the definition of the term \"agency\"; to provide for the establishment of certain policies and standards to be used by all agencies; to provide for waivers under certain circumstances; 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: "SB 117"
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citation: "Georgia SB 117 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Brandon Beach", "Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "David Shafer", "Ellis Black", "Hunter Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Judson Hill", "Lawrence Walker III", "Lee Anderson", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "P. K. Martin IV", "Rick Jeffares"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-02"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22ae2ae5-836d-4c50-b2a3-b25352d858ea"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8918054046805911473d3fbb30780998d3989b0ab5c25e6b01bd836c7b561ba0"
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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 117 (2017_18) — Georgia Technology Authority; definition of the term "agency"; change; establishment of certain policies and standards used by all agencies; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Technology Authority, so as to change the definition of the term "agency"; to provide for the establishment of certain policies and standards to be used by all agencies; to provide for waivers under certain circumstances; 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 — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 187 `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/22ae2ae5-836d-4c50-b2a3-b25352d858ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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