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type: "Bill"
title: "Richard H. Smith Georgia CHIPS Advancement in Research and Economic Development Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission; to provide for the purpose, membership, and duties of such commission; to amend Chapter 34 of Title 50, relating to the OneGeorgia Authority, so as to abolish the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Consortium; to replace the advisory panel and executive committee governing said consortium with the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for a sunset date; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 216"
citation: "Georgia HB 216 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmen Rice", "Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "Jon Burns", "Todd Jones", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/185226bf-9592-42db-858a-f734a57c13d4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "542a2fa75f15dadcd67eb30ee747f4025d0194ac78d8986ab38d00f75af2563a"
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 216 (2025_26) — Richard H. Smith Georgia CHIPS Advancement in Research and Economic Development Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission; to provide for the purpose, membership, and duties of such commission; to amend Chapter 34 of Title 50, relating to the OneGeorgia Authority, so as to abolish the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Consortium; to replace the advisory panel and executive committee governing said consortium with the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for a sunset date; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; 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 216/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238491.pdf)
2. **LC 59 0065/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230879.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #365 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–2** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #30 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carmen Rice — primary (person)
- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2025-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 176 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/185226bf-9592-42db-858a-f734a57c13d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).