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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act\""
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to enact the \"Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act\"; to amend Titles 32, 36, 48, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, local government, revenue and taxation, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for broadband services planning, deployment, and incentives; to provide authorization for the Department of Transportation to take certain actions to enable the rights of way of interstate highways to be used for the deployment of broadband and other communications technologies; to change certain definitions relative to the \"OneGeorgia Authority Act\" to include broadband services; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; 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 402"
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citation: "Georgia SB 402 (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", "Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "David Lucas", "Ellis Black", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Kirk", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lawrence Walker III", "Lee Anderson", "Matt Brass", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-07"
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last_action: "2018-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2dd6286-4742-48e0-a2af-b4f80de21754"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f55cd862a984cc18d586de9e8863b7863b7af59e5398a5c8e1a9df51edd848bf"
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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 402 (2017_18) — "Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act"
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to enact the "Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act"; to amend Titles 32, 36, 48, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, local government, revenue and taxation, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for broadband services planning, deployment, and incentives; to provide authorization for the Department of Transportation to take certain actions to enable the rights of way of interstate highways to be used for the deployment of broadband and other communications technologies; to change certain definitions relative to the "OneGeorgia Authority Act" to include broadband services; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; 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 BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — 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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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-07** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-23** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-03-23** House Insisted
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- **2018-03-23** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 51st, 18th, 56th
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- **2018-03-23** House Conference Committee Appointed 171st, 116th, 172nd
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- **2018-03-29** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2018-04-06** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-07** Act 423 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-07** 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/e2dd6286-4742-48e0-a2af-b4f80de21754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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