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type: "Bill"
title: "\"Macon Water Authority Act\"; code of conduct for board members, officers, and employees; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the \"Macon Water Authority Act,\" approved March 23, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 4991), as amended, so as to provide a code of conduct for board members, officers, and employees; to provide for prohibited actions; to provide for punishments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Georgia SB 178 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas", "John F. Kennedy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47d5c3bb-1d9b-4139-9548-d8256ea4c921"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2c28935b1d2a3a90dd4dbd4b738a771918e10f2468f90b60f4e98f11203a41c0"
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 178 (2023_24) — "Macon Water Authority Act"; code of conduct for board members, officers, and employees; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Macon Water Authority Act," approved March 23, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 4991), as amended, so as to provide a code of conduct for board members, officers, and employees; to provide for prohibited actions; to provide for punishments; 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 47 2138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214667.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215626.pdf)
3. **SB 178 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214717.pdf)
4. **SB 178/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218202.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #67 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **530** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #235 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **1710** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-14** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-19** Act 16 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-19** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47d5c3bb-1d9b-4139-9548-d8256ea4c921`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).