Georgia House Bill 777 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on June 29 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards and requirements for construction, alteration, etc., of buildings and other structures, so as to direct the Department of Community Affairs to undertake a review of the 2021 edition of the International Building Code so as to consider amending the state minimum standard codes to allow tall mass timber construction types; to provide a date by which said review is to be completed; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Community Affairs, Department of; consider amending the state minimum standard codes to allow tall mass timber construction types; direct

Rep. John Corbett [R]	Rep. Jon Burns [R]	Rep. Tom McCall [R]	Rep. Terry England [R]
Rep. Lynn Smith [R]	Rep. Dominic Lariccia [R]	Sen. John Wilkinson [R]

2020-06-16 - Senate - Senate Vote #644 (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - House - House Vote #465 (Y: 162 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 11) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-01		Effective Date
2020-06-29		Act 387
2020-06-29	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2020-06-25	House	House Sent to Governor
2020-06-16	Senate	Senate Transmitted House
2020-06-16	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2020-06-16	Senate	Senate Third Read
2020-03-09	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2020-03-05	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2020-02-21	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2020-02-20	House	House Passed/Adopted
2020-02-20	House	House Third Readers
2020-02-18	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2020-01-27	House	House Second Readers
2020-01-16	House	House First Readers
2020-01-15	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56716
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/188016
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/193879
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56716#17389
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56716#17767