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type: "Bill"
title: "\"South Georgia Energy Authority Act\"; enact"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 206"
citation: "Georgia SB 206 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Carden Summers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d37967fa-8bc3-4034-97e5-4c2b9042d604"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e3a0c76302bd92c0dc8c289f09a7ad8055b086ec5209bc08cefb948423931f81"
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 SB 206 (2025_26) — "South Georgia Energy Authority Act"; enact
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234896.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 3300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232900.pdf)
3. **SB 206 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232941.pdf)
4. **SB 206/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238130.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #332 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #114 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 245 `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/d37967fa-8bc3-4034-97e5-4c2b9042d604`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).