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type: "Bill"
title: "\"OneGeorgia Authority Act\"; grant program to support border region retail and tourism projects; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the \"OneGeorgia Authority Act,\" so as to provide for a grant program to support border region retail and tourism projects; to provide for criteria; to provide for legislative findings; 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 255"
citation: "Georgia SB 255 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f9d11a8-3843-4ae2-b504-02c295ec0712"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d9187e53e6dc552355b65eede573c57c55411dc9e6d88b3c574085252fc45dc8"
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 255 (2021_22) — "OneGeorgia Authority Act"; grant program to support border region retail and tourism projects; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "OneGeorgia Authority Act," so as to provide for a grant program to support border region retail and tourism projects; to provide for criteria; to provide for legislative findings; 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 50 0184** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198763.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199681.pdf)
3. **LC 50 0223S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201805.pdf)
4. **SB 255/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202160.pdf)
## Votes
- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON THE RULES CALENDAR — **32–17** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-24** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-05** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Act 249 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f9d11a8-3843-4ae2-b504-02c295ec0712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).