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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Utilities and Public Transportation; authorize telephone cooperatives and their broadband affiliates; provide broadband services"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to specifically authorize telephone cooperatives and their broadband affiliates to provide broadband services; to provide for definitions; to authorize certain financing and partnerships for the provision of broadband services; 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: "SB 17"
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citation: "Georgia SB 17 (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: ["Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "David Lucas", "Ellis Black", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Kirk", "Jack Hill", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "John Wilkinson", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-15"
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last_action: "2019-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4334d8a-7ae0-4b3a-91d8-752ca327efd6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0cabb34aefb4b83051fd1207a5ec8e53a5602a618f9f84f659e1467bbe282f2f"
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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 SB 17 (2019_20) — Public Utilities and Public Transportation; authorize telephone cooperatives and their broadband affiliates; provide broadband services
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to specifically authorize telephone cooperatives and their broadband affiliates to provide broadband services; to provide for definitions; to authorize certain financing and partnerships for the provision of broadband services; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182039.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 36 3715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179523.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 36 3819S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181285.pdf)
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4. **SB 17/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185571.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-15** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-01-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-26** Act 52 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-26** 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/a4334d8a-7ae0-4b3a-91d8-752ca327efd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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