Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Bill | Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center; rename to Savannah Convention Center | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center, so as to dissolve the Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center Authority; to rename the convention center; to create the Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for its membership, manner of appointment, terms of office, and powers and duties; to provide for exemption from taxation; to provide for venue; to provide for disposition of property; to exempt its property from levy and sale; to transfer certain assets and liabilities; to repeal certain laws; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 525 | Georgia HB 525 (2019_20) |
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5 | 16 | 1 | 2019-02-27 | 2019-04-28 | openstates | ocd-bill/85a17b2d-d27a-4393-97f5-b31d6ac8674f | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 2dc9d83e514d019ef1f63235549662451980a9236994d95461de077c5b7196b7 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 525 (2019_20) — Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center; rename to Savannah Convention Center
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center, so as to dissolve the Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center Authority; to rename the convention center; to create the Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for its membership, manner of appointment, terms of office, and powers and duties; to provide for exemption from taxation; to provide for venue; to provide for disposition of property; to exempt its property from levy and sale; to transfer certain assets and liabilities; to repeal certain laws; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 525/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 28 9263ER/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1754 (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor sub LC 28 9361ERS (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 165–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-27 House Hopper
- 2019-02-28 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-03-01 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-07 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-03-07 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2019-03-07 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-18 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-28 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended
passage - 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-04-28 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-04-28 Act 65
executive-signature - 2019-04-28 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85a17b2d-d27a-4393-97f5-b31d6ac8674f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).