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| Bill | Community Affairs, Department of; consider amending the state minimum standard codes to allow tall mass timber construction types; direct | 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 direct the Department of Community Affairs to undertake a review of the 2021 edition of the International Building Code so as to consider amending the state minimum standard codes to allow tall mass timber construction types; to provide a date by which said review is to be completed; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 777 | Georgia HB 777 (2019_20) |
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Georgia HB 777 (2019_20) — Community Affairs, Department of; consider amending the state minimum standard codes to allow tall mass timber construction types; direct
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 direct the Department of Community Affairs to undertake a review of the 2021 edition of the International Building Code so as to consider amending the state minimum standard codes to allow tall mass timber construction types; to provide a date by which said review is to be completed; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 162–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-15 House Hopper
- 2020-01-16 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2020-01-27 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2020-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-20 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2020-02-20 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2020-02-21 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2020-03-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-03-09 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2020-06-16 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2020-06-16 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2020-06-16 Senate Transmitted House
- 2020-06-25 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2020-06-29 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-06-29 Act 387
executive-signature - 2020-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/649a4d99-6c89-4ccc-9668-763fd6513642. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).