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77 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; establish state-wide system to facilitate the transport and distribution of essentials in commerce during a state of emergency; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the emergency powers of the Governor, so as to require the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to establish a state-wide system to facilitate the transport and distribution of essentials in commerce during a state of emergency declared by the Governor; to provide for a definition; to provide for the certification of organizations and business entities that would be engaged in such transportation and such distribution; to provide for privileges for employees and agents of such organizations and business entities; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 405"
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citation: "Georgia HB 405 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Hitchens", "Brian Strickland", "Eddie Lumsden", "Kevin Tanner", "Terry Rogers"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-16"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d24de2ac-fdba-4730-aef1-8f12be3e22fe"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ed530cd3338e6be4301aa22f343b0d46c54c91b19e18455f1c346b63b2612ca2"
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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 HB 405 (2017_18) — Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; establish state-wide system to facilitate the transport and distribution of essentials in commerce during a state of emergency; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the emergency powers of the Governor, so as to require the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to establish a state-wide system to facilitate the transport and distribution of essentials in commerce during a state of emergency declared by the Governor; to provide for a definition; to provide for the certification of organizations and business entities that would be engaged in such transportation and such distribution; to provide for privileges for employees and agents of such organizations and business entities; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-16** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Tabled
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-09** Act 261 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/d24de2ac-fdba-4730-aef1-8f12be3e22fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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