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type: "Bill"
title: "Chehaw Park Authority; change name of park; provisions"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1231"
citation: "Georgia HB 1231 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta", "CaMia Hopson", "Gerald Greene", "Winfred Dukes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-18"
last_action: "2020-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b00e47a-da31-43e4-8f57-de40790967a0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7a21d70e6ec98875922d8f27995aa7036680377c0e9b9bce2414685b8cd926a3"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195357.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0531/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193994.pdf)
3. **Local Ads** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194005.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b00e47a-da31-43e4-8f57-de40790967a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).