republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-398.md

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Bill	Georgia Joint Defense Commission; commission's operations; revise	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Joint Defense Commission, so as to revise the commission's operations; to expand the commission's membership; to revise the term lengths of commission members; to revise definitions; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to authorize the Department of Economic Development to assist the Georgia Joint Defense Commission in certain activities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 398	Georgia SB 398 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Brandon Beach Carden Summers Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Frank Ginn Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Shawn Still Steve Gooch	4	18	3	2024-01-25	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4db6f2d9-0b5c-4a72-ae33-cd1bef8e779a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b066573a49fc7e0e0f5d7c490e9c49d3b03bbab46c29e5588e6d8eaeb6c8ba39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 398 (2023_24) — Georgia Joint Defense Commission; commission's operations; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Joint Defense Commission, so as to revise the commission's operations; to expand the commission's membership; to revise the term lengths of commission members; to revise definitions; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to authorize the Department of Economic Development to assist the Georgia Joint Defense Commission in certain activities; 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 46 0760 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 46 0881S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 398/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #526 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–2 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #725 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 43–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #706 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 169–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-25 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-06 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-07 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-21 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-24 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Act 481 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4db6f2d9-0b5c-4a72-ae33-cd1bef8e779a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).