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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Utilities and Public Transportation; electric membership corporations and their affiliates; authorize; broadband services; provide"
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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 electric membership corporations and their affiliates to provide broadband services; to provide for definitions; to authorize certain financing and partnerships for the provision of broadband services; to prohibit cross-subsidization between the provision of broadband services and an electric membership corporation's natural gas activities or electricity services activities; 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 2"
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citation: "Georgia SB 2 (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", "Marty Harbin", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-12-21"
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last_action: "2019-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c20a7623-d267-4b8b-9921-bc4468d50783"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d0d029b62da8246c2fa625893c815cad08859fa7d1277a5a1882f8a6f48a6256"
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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 2 (2019_20) — Public Utilities and Public Transportation; electric membership corporations and their affiliates; authorize; broadband services; provide
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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 electric membership corporations and their affiliates to provide broadband services; to provide for definitions; to authorize certain financing and partnerships for the provision of broadband services; to prohibit cross-subsidization between the provision of broadband services and an electric membership corporation's natural gas activities or electricity services activities; 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 introduced LC 36 3714** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179524.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183967.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 36 3843S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181994.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 4011ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185190.pdf)
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5. **LC 36 4028ERS/hrs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186379.pdf)
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6. **SB 2 Prefile LC 36 3714** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179356.pdf)
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7. **SB 2/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187618.pdf)
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8. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 36 0748** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186991.pdf)
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9. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 36 0751** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187093.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–1** (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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- Marty Harbin — 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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- **2018-12-21** Senate Prefiled `introduction`
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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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- **2019-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-09** 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 51 `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/c20a7623-d267-4b8b-9921-bc4468d50783`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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