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type: "Bill"
title: "Highways, bridges, and ferries; construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other entities; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to authorize the construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations by the Department of Transportation when done so through agreement with and when paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other federal entity; 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 224"
citation: "Georgia HB 224 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS", "BRIDGES", "AND FERRIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Bill Hitchens", "Josh Bonner", "Shaw Blackmon", "Steven Sainz", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d319675b-dc36-450b-8158-8ec3d3519527"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0b90a8c5c516c39e04503b8f58c03aa165cc59750067c54153cc78559f906706"
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 224 (2025_26) — Highways, bridges, and ferries; construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other entities; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to authorize the construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations by the Department of Transportation when done so through agreement with and when paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other federal entity; 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 224/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239288.pdf)
2. **LC 39 4419/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230998.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #216 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #484 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
- **2025-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 180 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d319675b-dc36-450b-8158-8ec3d3519527`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).