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type: "Bill"
title: "\"City of Tybee Island Buildings and Public Facilities Authority Act\"; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Tybee Island Building and Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to provide that this Act shall be liberally construed; to define the scope of the authority's operation; to provide for disposition of property upon dissolution of 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: "SB 78"
citation: "Georgia SB 78 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Billy Hickman", "Clint Dixon", "Derek Mallow"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da34986c-ebc3-4793-ac9f-fdfe1f5594e9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ea297581182e0859850bc6744dd86d910ee319dcdef8f7bb91d27d2007fa6086"
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 78 (2025_26) — "City of Tybee Island Buildings and Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Tybee Island Building and Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to provide that this Act shall be liberally construed; to define the scope of the authority's operation; to provide for disposition of property upon dissolution of 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. **As introduced LC 61 0029** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230992.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232014.pdf)
3. **SB 78 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231016.pdf)
4. **SB 78/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235299.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #33 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Derek Mallow — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Act 53 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da34986c-ebc3-4793-ac9f-fdfe1f5594e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).