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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department of Transportation Officers; state investment in railways and railroad facilities and equipment; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to officers in the Department of Transportation, so as to provide for state investment in railways and railroad facilities and equipment; to provide for a definition; to provide that the commissioner of transportation may administer a Georgia Freight Railroad Program; to provide for subprograms within such program; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for standards for expenditure of funds; to provide for related matters; 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 371"
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citation: "Georgia SB 371 (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", "Burt Jones", "Ed Harbison", "Gloria Butler", "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: "2020-02-05"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15c9e2c7-2035-41ce-9f05-15708a5de33b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "080e8f7f72d46b9c20f3e43fa418e3ffc56eb08ebfc010d7f448375072afa5b8"
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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 371 (2019_20) — Department of Transportation Officers; state investment in railways and railroad facilities and equipment; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to officers in the Department of Transportation, so as to provide for state investment in railways and railroad facilities and equipment; to provide for a definition; to provide that the commissioner of transportation may administer a Georgia Freight Railroad Program; to provide for subprograms within such program; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for standards for expenditure of funds; to provide for related matters; 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 39 2487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189547.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191498.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 39 2538S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190602.pdf)
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4. **SB371/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194641.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — 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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- **2020-02-05** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** Act 594 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-01-01** 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/15c9e2c7-2035-41ce-9f05-15708a5de33b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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