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3.9 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Ports Authority; provide for powers; acceptance of loans/grants from United States upon certain terms and conditions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 52-2-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general powers of the Georgia Ports Authority, so as to provide for powers of the authority with respect to acceptance of loans or grants from the United States upon certain terms and conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 5"
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citation: "Georgia SB 5 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-29"
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last_action: "2015-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e29e6d8f-7960-4fc5-9fa7-cd1ae22609c2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9d220ebc6c49af4590f02bdc8835942cb5011385b00d652a6f5df4b4d7539856"
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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 5 (2015_16) — Georgia Ports Authority; provide for powers; acceptance of loans/grants from United States upon certain terms and conditions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 52-2-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general powers of the Georgia Ports Authority, so as to provide for powers of the authority with respect to acceptance of loans or grants from the United States upon certain terms and conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 introduced LC 25 6464ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146503.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147436.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 37 1897ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146871.pdf)
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4. **SB 5/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148572.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-29** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-02-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-02-20** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-02-23** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-02-23** Act 2 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-02-23** 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/e29e6d8f-7960-4fc5-9fa7-cd1ae22609c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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