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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Streamlining Wireless Facilities and Antennas Act\""
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, so as to enact the \"Streamlining Wireless Facilities and Antennas Act\"; to streamline the deployment of wireless broadband in the public rights of way; to address any perceived conflicts between this Act and Chapter 66B of Title 36;to provide that nothing in this Act relieves any person of any duties provided for in Chapter 9 of Title 25; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 66"
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citation: "Georgia SB 66 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "David Lucas", "Frank Ginn", "Harold Jones II", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
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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: "2019-02-06"
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last_action: "2019-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c34a0da-c739-4167-9013-133308b77caa"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cd2d41b79c7c5619c2c06f115a3db320db3b4f819821e915bcbdfe97ea8b2706"
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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 66 (2019_20) — "Streamlining Wireless Facilities and Antennas Act"
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, so as to enact the "Streamlining Wireless Facilities and Antennas Act"; to streamline the deployment of wireless broadband in the public rights of way; to address any perceived conflicts between this Act and Chapter 66B of Title 36;to provide that nothing in this Act relieves any person of any duties provided for in Chapter 9 of Title 25; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 3771ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180594.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182648.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 36 3821ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181569.pdf)
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4. **SB 66/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185977.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-06** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-25** 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 53 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-10-01** 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/0c34a0da-c739-4167-9013-133308b77caa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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