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type: "Bill"
title: "Hinesville Conference Center and Tourism Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the Hinesville Conference Center and Tourism Authority; to provide for the purpose of the authority; to provide for definitions; to provide for the membership of the authority; to provide for the election of officers, quorum, bylaws, and procedures at meetings; to provide for expenses of members; to provide for filling vacancies; to provide for the powers of the authority; to provide for an executive director; to provide for the use of funds by the authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1488"
citation: "Georgia HB 1488 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Buddy DeLoach"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-03"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1688bde7-07cf-4692-9ba9-69b1d1d0df7a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b3d59502f60f1e0de8a7ed6721c6e234d244e075088819e218efb33854776a92"
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 HB 1488 (2025_26) — Hinesville Conference Center and Tourism Authority Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the Hinesville Conference Center and Tourism Authority; to provide for the purpose of the authority; to provide for definitions; to provide for the membership of the authority; to provide for the election of officers, quorum, bylaws, and procedures at meetings; to provide for expenses of members; to provide for filling vacancies; to provide for the powers of the authority; to provide for an executive director; to provide for the use of funds by the authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; 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 1488/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247385.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3994/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244658.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244682.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #799 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-03** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 567 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1688bde7-07cf-4692-9ba9-69b1d1d0df7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).