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type: "Bill"
title: "Private Permitting Review and Inspection Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards and requirements for construction, alteration, etc., of buildings and other structures, so as to provide procedures for alternative plan review, permitting, and inspection by private providers so as to simplify regulations on businesses at the local level; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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 493"
citation: "Georgia HB 493 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Brett Harrell", "Eddie Lumsden", "Kevin Tanner", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78b66a3a-178c-401b-958a-add58b5e36c9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5071c4a2dd295a041a07b33dd21a23b897d74e86f6c3f0492e3ff29c774ddb15"
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 493 (2019_20) — Private Permitting Review and Inspection Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards and requirements for construction, alteration, etc., of buildings and other structures, so as to provide procedures for alternative plan review, permitting, and inspection by private providers so as to simplify regulations on businesses at the local level; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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 493/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187016.pdf)
2. **LC 36 3873/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182906.pdf)
3. **LC 36 3952S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184233.pdf)
4. **LC 36 3952S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183658.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 4007S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185180.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **142–20** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-26** House Hopper
- **2019-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Act 215 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78b66a3a-178c-401b-958a-add58b5e36c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).