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type: "Bill"
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title: "Community Affairs, Department of; consider amending the state minimum standard codes to allow tall mass timber construction types; direct"
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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 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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 777"
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citation: "Georgia HB 777 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dominic LaRiccia", "John Corbett", "Jon Burns", "Lynn Smith", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-01-15"
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last_action: "2020-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/649a4d99-6c89-4ccc-9668-763fd6513642"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "041a5e9e6d888d2970b20fb0521296394c2f7736320726b0af3313756e5ddb35"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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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
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 777/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193879.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0250/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188016.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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- Tom McCall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-15** House Hopper
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- **2020-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-16** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2020-06-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Act 387 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/649a4d99-6c89-4ccc-9668-763fd6513642`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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