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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities and Public Transportation; compliance with certain safety and permit requirements; electric easements are utilized for broadband services; provide"
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 provide for compliance with certain safety and permit requirements when electric easements are utilized for broadband services; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 370"
citation: "Georgia SB 370 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Ed Harbison", "Gloria Butler", "Jennifer Jordan", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Matt Brass", "P. K. Martin IV", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/425cd855-767e-4b38-a11b-fa1c1929daf5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "77ed5df5405801606b1efccf73212d167f273a4cef2b9fe8e092a7d8b8feae42"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 370 (2019_20) — Public Utilities and Public Transportation; compliance with certain safety and permit requirements; electric easements are utilized for broadband services; provide
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 provide for compliance with certain safety and permit requirements when electric easements are utilized for broadband services; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 36 4195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189532.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192407.pdf)
3. **SB370/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194732.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-05** Senate Hopper
- **2020-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 516 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/425cd855-767e-4b38-a11b-fa1c1929daf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).