republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-1231.md

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Bill	Chehaw Park Authority; change name of park; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Chehaw Park Authority, approved April 11, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 4515), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5755), so as to change the name of the park; to expand the purpose of the authority to include the acquisition of zoological specimens; to change procedures for the appointment of authority members; to change provisions regarding a quorum and majority of the authority; to make the city manager of the City of Albany a voting member of the authority; to revise definitions; to remove certain duties of the City of Albany regarding the authority; to extend the existence of the authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 1231	Georgia HB 1231 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bill Yearta CaMia Hopson Gerald Greene Winfred Dukes	3	13	1	2020-06-18	2020-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/9b00e47a-da31-43e4-8f57-de40790967a0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7a21d70e6ec98875922d8f27995aa7036680377c0e9b9bce2414685b8cd926a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1231 (2019_20) — Chehaw Park Authority; change name of park; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Chehaw Park Authority, approved April 11, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 4515), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5755), so as to change the name of the park; to expand the purpose of the authority to include the acquisition of zoological specimens; to change procedures for the appointment of authority members; to change provisions regarding a quorum and majority of the authority; to make the city manager of the City of Albany a voting member of the authority; to revise definitions; to remove certain duties of the City of Albany regarding the authority; to extend the existence of the authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 1231/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0531/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ads (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 151–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Yearta — primary (person)
• CaMia Hopson — primary (person)
• Gerald Greene — primary (person)
• Winfred Dukes — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-06-18 House Hopper
• 2020-06-19 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-06-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-07-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Act 536 executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b00e47a-da31-43e4-8f57-de40790967a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).