republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-516.md

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Bill	Transportation, Department of; increase minimum amount for a public road construction or maintenance contract that prohibits negotiation	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exercise of the power to contract by the Department of Transportation, so as to increase the minimum amount for a public road construction or maintenance contract that prohibits negotiation; to provide for exceptions to public comment and hearing on projects involving public-private partnerships in certain instances; to provide for an exception to vote approval for such projects; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 516	Georgia HB 516 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Derrick McCollum Kasey Carpenter Leesa Hagan Mandi Ballinger Rick Jasperse	10	19	8	2023-02-21	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1f23d6ed-225b-4fd2-a523-b44b8f903b1f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bd6b72e8f86d0c41487ee47886d6f1dcbefc2c49ae7e1f86863120f01552fb93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 516 (2023_24) — Transportation, Department of; increase minimum amount for a public road construction or maintenance contract that prohibits negotiation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exercise of the power to contract by the Department of Transportation, so as to increase the minimum amount for a public road construction or maintenance contract that prohibits negotiation; to provide for exceptions to public comment and hearing on projects involving public-private partnerships in certain instances; to provide for an exception to vote approval for such projects; 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 39 0424 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 516/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 3774/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 4143S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 39 4143S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 516 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Ctee Sub LC 39 4393S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen floor amend 2A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #746 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 41–6 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #745 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 20–29 (fail) · upper
• House Vote #791 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–6 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #887 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–3 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #460 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #742 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 12–38 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #743 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 25–24 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #744 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 22–27 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
• Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
• Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-21 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-23 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-02-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 588 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f23d6ed-225b-4fd2-a523-b44b8f903b1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).