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type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities; one-time right of way permit fee and reduce annual right of way use fees; establish"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to telephone service general provisions, so as to establish a one-time right of way permit fee and reduce annual right of way use fees as due compensation paid to municipal authorities by telephone companies that do not have retail, end user customers located within the boundaries of the municipal authority; to provide certain notice requirements; to establish a civil penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 328"
citation: "Georgia HB 328 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Parsons", "Joseph Gullett", "Lee Hawkins", "Martin Momtahan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd17a1cc-0059-4e11-9d50-c6071ada828a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d388c18d9a985b08d2a238204c66e86c1cdd58cbc2f379a1b06524acaf17b455"
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 HB 328 (2021_22) — Public utilities; one-time right of way permit fee and reduce annual right of way use fees; establish
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to telephone service general provisions, so as to establish a one-time right of way permit fee and reduce annual right of way use fees as due compensation paid to municipal authorities by telephone companies that do not have retail, end user customers located within the boundaries of the municipal authority; to provide certain notice requirements; to establish a civil penalty; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 36 0885** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208108.pdf)
2. **HB 328/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209748.pdf)
3. **LC 36 4572/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196928.pdf)
4. **LC 36 4647S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197826.pdf)
5. **LC 36 4712S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199789.pdf)
6. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 36 0872** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201736.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201910.pdf)
8. **Sen floor amend 3 AM 36 0876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201991.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **119–40** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Don Parsons — primary (person)
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** House Hopper
- **2021-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** House Postponed
- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-03** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2022-03-16** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 741 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd17a1cc-0059-4e11-9d50-c6071ada828a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).