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Bill	Mid-State Energy Authority Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Mid-State Energy Authority as an institution performing an essential governmental function; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for purpose; to provide for members of the Authority and meetings; to provide for powers of the Authority; to provide that the Authority replaces the Commission; to provide for tort immunity; to provide contracting requirements; to provide for supplemental powers; to deny taxing powers; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1478	Georgia HB 1478 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bethany Ballard Dale Washburn James Beverly Noel Williams, Jr. Robert Dickey Shaw Blackmon	5	13	2	2024-03-13	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/2eb55c5d-e9d9-4b38-b9fb-e36bc265b3bf	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	69e9e8015c4ccb93c10b0e23f6cc928d4abf903b8b1841651659b4d33114ff2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1478 (2023_24) — Mid-State Energy Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Mid-State Energy Authority as an institution performing an essential governmental function; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for purpose; to provide for members of the Authority and meetings; to provide for powers of the Authority; to provide that the Authority replaces the Commission; to provide for tort immunity; to provide contracting requirements; to provide for supplemental powers; to deny taxing powers; to provide for construction and severability; 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. HB 1478/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2814/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 44 2846S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 2846S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Local Ads (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #823 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #746 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 116–42 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
• Dale Washburn — primary (person)
• James Beverly — primary (person)
• Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-03-13 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-03-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 684 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2eb55c5d-e9d9-4b38-b9fb-e36bc265b3bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).