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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"South Georgia Energy Authority Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the South Georgia Energy Authority; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for purpose; to provide for members of the Authority and meetings; to provide for powers of the Authority; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the Authority; to provide for funds received and trust funds; to provide for venue and jurisdiction; to provide for imposition of rates, charges, fees, and the pledge of revenues; to provide for tax exemption of Authority property; to provide for tort immunity; to provide contracting requirements; to provide for supplemental powers; to deny taxing powers; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 206"
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citation: "Georgia SB 206 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Carden Summers"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d37967fa-8bc3-4034-97e5-4c2b9042d604"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e3a0c76302bd92c0dc8c289f09a7ad8055b086ec5209bc08cefb948423931f81"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 206 (2025_26) — "South Georgia Energy Authority Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the South Georgia Energy Authority; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for purpose; to provide for members of the Authority and meetings; to provide for powers of the Authority; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the Authority; to provide for funds received and trust funds; to provide for venue and jurisdiction; to provide for imposition of rates, charges, fees, and the pledge of revenues; to provide for tax exemption of Authority property; to provide for tort immunity; to provide contracting requirements; to provide for supplemental powers; to deny taxing powers; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234896.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 47 3300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232900.pdf)
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3. **SB 206 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232941.pdf)
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4. **SB 206/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238130.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #332 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #114 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 245 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d37967fa-8bc3-4034-97e5-4c2b9042d604`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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