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type: "Bill"
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title: "Highways, bridges, and ferries; development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to provide for the development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan; to provide for a definition; to provide for responsibilities and duties of the Planning Division and director; to provide for standards and considerations for such plan; to require annual reporting to the General Assembly; to provide for legislative intent and declarations; to provide for the creation of a Georgia Freight 2050 Program subject to appropriation by the General Assembly; to provide for purposes of such program; to identify intended funding for such program; to provide for related matters; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 617"
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citation: "Georgia HB 617 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Clay Pirkle", "Leesa Hagan", "Marcus Wiedower", "Rick Jasperse"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-27"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/944f3b67-3d82-4b19-9b9e-1484fb56bba5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e0c042fb29bb3c09cdd4c9f7fc2f3c4ec4c39e980f4066fe989b4cadb45693cc"
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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 HB 617 (2023_24) — Highways, bridges, and ferries; development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to provide for the development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan; to provide for a definition; to provide for responsibilities and duties of the Planning Division and director; to provide for standards and considerations for such plan; to require annual reporting to the General Assembly; to provide for legislative intent and declarations; to provide for the creation of a Georgia Freight 2050 Program subject to appropriation by the General Assembly; to provide for purposes of such program; to identify intended funding for such program; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 617/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229357.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 3801/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216136.pdf)
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3. **LC 39 3846S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226188.pdf)
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4. **LC 39 3846S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216954.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #852 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #616 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
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- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-27** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2024-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** Act 579 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/944f3b67-3d82-4b19-9b9e-1484fb56bba5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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