republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-972.md

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Bill	Public utilities and public transportation; penalties for violations of pipeline safety standards and regulations prescribed and enforced by the Public Service Commission; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous offenses and penalties, so as to provide for penalties for violations of pipeline safety standards and regulations prescribed and enforced by the Public Service Commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 972	Georgia HB 972 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	David Knight Don Parsons John Corbett Penny Houston Terry England	4	17	1	2020-02-20	2020-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e22b2e80-070d-4189-922c-86189da23bdc	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a7c4da386f7f6e23d7bf2d0b4ae8a658a58b26f220e54bd9032cd7878236e851	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 972 (2019_20) — Public utilities and public transportation; penalties for violations of pipeline safety standards and regulations prescribed and enforced by the Public Service Commission; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous offenses and penalties, so as to provide for penalties for violations of pipeline safety standards and regulations prescribed and enforced by the Public Service Commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 972/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 4264/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 4308S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 4308S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Knight — primary (person)
• Don Parsons — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)
• Penny Houston — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-02-20 House Hopper
• 2020-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-03-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-06-24 Senate Tabled
• 2020-06-24 Senate Taken from Table
• 2020-06-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-06-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Act 502 executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e22b2e80-070d-4189-922c-86189da23bdc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).