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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public utilities and public transportation; penalties for violations of pipeline safety standards and regulations prescribed and enforced by the Public Service Commission; provide"
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description: "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."
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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 972"
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citation: "Georgia HB 972 (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: ["David Knight", "Don Parsons", "John Corbett", "Penny Houston", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-20"
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last_action: "2020-07-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e22b2e80-070d-4189-922c-86189da23bdc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a7c4da386f7f6e23d7bf2d0b4ae8a658a58b26f220e54bd9032cd7878236e851"
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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 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
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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.
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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 972/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194851.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 4264/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190440.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 4308S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191702.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 4308S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191049.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Don Parsons — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-20** House Hopper
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- **2020-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Tabled
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** Act 502 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** 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/e22b2e80-070d-4189-922c-86189da23bdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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