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GA HB 58

enacted

Aviation; adoption of local ordinances, resolution, regulations, or policies that restrict the flight of unmanned aircraft systems over mass public gatherings; authorize

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to aviation, so as to authorize the adoption of local ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or policies that restrict the flight of unmanned aircraft systems over mass public gatherings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-01-14
Status date
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Latest action
2025-04-01 — Effective Date
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Gary Richardsonprimary
  • Rob Leverettprimary
  • Brad Thomasprimary
  • Rob Cliftonprimary
  • Clint Croweprimary
  • Mark Newtonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-14

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-01-15

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2025-01-16

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  4. 2025-02-13

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-02-21

    House Third Readers

    reading-3

  6. 2025-02-21

    House Passed/Adopted By Substitute

    passage

  7. 2025-02-24

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-03-18

    Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-03-20

    Senate Read Second Time

    reading-2

  10. 2025-03-21

    Senate Third Read

    reading-3

  11. 2025-03-21

    Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute

    passage

  12. 2025-03-27

    House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended

  13. 2025-03-31

    Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub

  14. 2025-04-01

    House Sent to Governor

    executive-receipt

  15. 2025-04-01

    House Date Signed by Governor

    executive-signature

  16. 2025-04-01

    Act 4

    executive-signature

  17. 2025-04-01

    Effective Date

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • House Vote #60 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2025-02-21 · pass · 153-4

    Member-level votes (165)
    • ADESANYA: yes
    • ADEYINA: other
    • ALEXANDER: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • AU: yes
    • BAKER: yes
    • BALLARD: yes
    • BALLINGER: yes
    • BARNES: other
    • BARRETT: yes
    • BARTON: yes
    • BAZEMORE: yes
    • BECKLES: yes
    • BELL: yes
    • BENNETT: yes
    • BERRY: yes
    • BLACKMON: yes
    • BONNER: yes
    • BUCKNER: other
    • BURCHETT: yes
    • BURNOUGH: yes
    • BURNS: other
    • BYRD: no
    • CAMERON: yes
    • CAMP: yes
    • CAMPBELL: other
    • CANNON: other
    • CARPENTER: yes
    • CARSON: yes
    • CARTER: yes
    • CHASTAIN: yes
    • CHEOKAS: yes
    • CLARK: yes
    • CLIFTON: yes
    • COOPER: yes
    • CORBETT: other
    • COX: yes
    • CRAWFORD: other
    • CROWE: yes
    • CUMMINGS: other
    • DAVIS: yes
    • DAWSON: yes
    • DELOACH: yes
    • DEMPSEY: yes
    • DICKEY: yes
    • DONATUCCI: yes
    • DOUGLAS: yes
    • DRAPER: other
    • DRENNER: yes
    • DUBNIK: yes
    • DUNAHOO: yes
    • EFSTRATION: yes
    • EHRHART: yes
    • ERWIN: yes
    • EVANS: yes
    • FLEMING: yes
    • FLOURNOY: yes
    • FORD: yes
    • FRANKLIN: yes
    • FRYE: other
    • GAINES: yes
    • GAMBILL: yes
    • GILLIARD: yes
    • GLAIZE: yes
    • GREENE: yes
    • GRIFFIN: yes
    • GULLETT: yes
    • GUNTER: yes
    • HAGAN: yes
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HAWKINS: yes
    • HEFFNER: yes
    • HENDERSON: yes
    • HERRING: yes
    • HILTON: yes
    • HITCHENS: yes
    • HOLCOMB: other
    • HOLLAND: yes
    • HOLLY: other
    • HONG: yes
    • HORNER: yes
    • HOWARD: yes
    • HUDDLESTON: yes
    • HUGLEY: yes
    • HUTCHINSON: other
    • JACKSON: yes
    • JASPERSE: yes
    • JENKINS: other
    • JONES: yes
    • KAHAIAN: no
    • KELLEY: yes
    • KENDRICK: yes
    • LAHOOD: yes
    • LEVERETT: yes
    • LEWIS-WARD: yes
    • LIM: yes
    • LUMSDEN: yes
    • LUPTON: yes
    • MARTIN: yes
    • MARTINEZ: yes
    • MATHIAK: yes
    • MATHIS: yes
    • MCCLAIN: yes
    • MCCOLLUM: yes
    • MCDONALD III: yes
    • MCQUEEN: yes
    • MEEKS: yes
    • MILLER: other
    • MITCHELL: yes
    • MOMTAHAN: yes
    • MOORE: yes
    • MYLES: yes
    • NEAL: yes
    • NEW: yes
    • NEWTON: yes
    • OKOYE: yes
    • OLALEYE: yes
    • OLIVER: other
    • O'STEEN: yes
    • PANITCH: yes
    • PARIS: yes
    • PARK: yes
    • PARRISH: yes
    • PARSONS: yes
    • PERSINGER: yes
    • PETREA: yes
    • POWELL: yes
    • PRINCE: yes
    • REESE: yes
    • REEVES: yes
    • RHODES: yes
    • RICE: yes
    • RICHARDSON: yes
    • RIDLEY: yes
    • ROBERTS: yes
    • ROMMAN: other
    • SAINZ: yes
    • SAMPSON: yes
    • SANCHEZ: other
    • SANTOS: yes
    • SCHOFIELD: yes
    • SCOGGINS: yes
    • SCOTT: other
    • SEABAUGH: yes
    • SHARPER: yes
    • SILCOX: yes
    • SMITH: yes
    • STEPHENS: yes
    • STINSON: yes
    • TARVIN: no
    • TAYLOR: yes
    • THOMAS: yes
    • TOWNSEND: yes
    • TRAN: yes
    • WADE: yes
    • WASHBURN: yes
    • WERKHEISER: yes
    • WESTBROOK: other
    • WIEDOWER: yes
    • WILKERSON: yes
    • WILLIAMS: other
    • WILLIAMS, JR.: yes
    • WILLIAMSON: yes
    • WILLIS: other
    • YEARTA: yes

  • Senate Vote #267 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2025-03-21 · pass · 53-2

    Member-level votes (54)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: no
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEACH: yes
    • BEARDEN: no
    • BRASS: yes
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: yes
    • DAVENPORT: yes
    • DIXON: yes
    • DOLEZAL: yes
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • ESTEVES: yes
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: yes
    • GOODMAN: yes
    • HALPERN: yes
    • HARBIN: yes
    • HARBISON: yes
    • HARRELL: yes
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: yes
    • JAMES: yes
    • JONES: yes
    • JONES II: yes
    • KEMP: yes
    • KENNEDY: yes
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: yes
    • MALLOW: yes
    • MANGHAM: yes
    • MCLAURIN: other
    • MERRITT: yes
    • MOORE: yes
    • ORROCK: yes
    • PARENT: yes
    • PARKES: yes
    • PAYNE: yes
    • RAHMAN: yes
    • RHETT: yes
    • ROBERTSON: yes
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: yes
    • STILL: yes
    • STRICKLAND: yes
    • SUMMERS: yes
    • TILLERY: yes
    • WALKER, III: yes
    • WATSON: yes
    • WICKS: yes
    • WILLIAMS: yes

  • House Vote #328 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2025-03-27 · pass · 162-1

    Member-level votes (165)
    • ADESANYA: yes
    • ADEYINA: yes
    • ALEXANDER: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • AU: yes
    • BAKER: yes
    • BALLARD: yes
    • BALLINGER: yes
    • BARNES: yes
    • BARRETT: yes
    • BARTON: yes
    • BAZEMORE: yes
    • BECKLES: yes
    • BELL: yes
    • BENNETT: yes
    • BERRY: yes
    • BLACKMON: yes
    • BONNER: yes
    • BUCKNER: yes
    • BURCHETT: yes
    • BURNOUGH: yes
    • BURNS: other
    • BYRD: no
    • CAMERON: yes
    • CAMP: yes
    • CAMPBELL: yes
    • CANNON: other
    • CARPENTER: yes
    • CARSON: yes
    • CARTER: yes
    • CHASTAIN: yes
    • CHEOKAS: yes
    • CLARK: yes
    • CLIFTON: yes
    • COOPER: yes
    • CORBETT: yes
    • COX: yes
    • CRAWFORD: yes
    • CROWE: yes
    • CUMMINGS: other
    • DAVIS: yes
    • DAWSON: yes
    • DELOACH: yes
    • DEMPSEY: yes
    • DICKEY: other
    • DONATUCCI: yes
    • DOUGLAS: yes
    • DRAPER: other
    • DRENNER: yes
    • DUBNIK: yes
    • DUNAHOO: yes
    • EFSTRATION: yes
    • EHRHART: yes
    • ERWIN: yes
    • EVANS: yes
    • FLEMING: yes
    • FLOURNOY: yes
    • FORD: yes
    • FRANKLIN: yes
    • FRYE: yes
    • GAINES: yes
    • GAMBILL: yes
    • GILLIARD: other
    • GLAIZE: yes
    • GREENE: yes
    • GRIFFIN: yes
    • GULLETT: yes
    • GUNTER: yes
    • HAGAN: yes
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HAWKINS: yes
    • HEFFNER: yes
    • HENDERSON: yes
    • HERRING: yes
    • HILTON: yes
    • HITCHENS: yes
    • HOLCOMB: yes
    • HOLLAND: yes
    • HOLLY: yes
    • HONG: yes
    • HORNER: other
    • HOWARD: yes
    • HUDDLESTON: yes
    • HUGLEY: yes
    • HUTCHINSON: other
    • JACKSON: yes
    • JASPERSE: yes
    • JENKINS: yes
    • JONES: yes
    • KAHAIAN: yes
    • KELLEY: yes
    • KENDRICK: yes
    • LAHOOD: yes
    • LEVERETT: yes
    • LEWIS-WARD: yes
    • LIM: yes
    • LUMSDEN: yes
    • LUPTON: yes
    • MARTIN: yes
    • MARTINEZ: yes
    • MATHIAK: yes
    • MATHIS: yes
    • MCCLAIN: yes
    • MCCOLLUM: yes
    • MCDONALD III: yes
    • MCQUEEN: yes
    • MEEKS: other
    • MILLER: yes
    • MITCHELL: yes
    • MOMTAHAN: yes
    • MOORE: yes
    • MYLES: yes
    • NEAL: yes
    • NEW: yes
    • NEWTON: yes
    • OKOYE: yes
    • OLALEYE: yes
    • OLIVER: yes
    • O'STEEN: yes
    • PANITCH: yes
    • PARIS: yes
    • PARK: yes
    • PARRISH: yes
    • PARSONS: yes
    • PERSINGER: yes
    • PETREA: other
    • POWELL: yes
    • PRINCE: yes
    • REESE: yes
    • REEVES: yes
    • RHODES: other
    • RICE: yes
    • RICHARDSON: yes
    • RIDLEY: yes
    • ROBERTS: yes
    • ROMMAN: yes
    • SAINZ: yes
    • SAMPSON: other
    • SANCHEZ: yes
    • SANTOS: yes
    • SCHOFIELD: yes
    • SCOGGINS: yes
    • SCOTT: yes
    • SEABAUGH: yes
    • SHARPER: yes
    • SILCOX: yes
    • SMITH: yes
    • STEPHENS: yes
    • STINSON: other
    • TARVIN: yes
    • TAYLOR: yes
    • THOMAS: yes
    • TOWNSEND: yes
    • TRAN: yes
    • WADE: yes
    • WASHBURN: yes
    • WERKHEISER: yes
    • WESTBROOK: other
    • WIEDOWER: yes
    • WILKERSON: yes
    • WILLIAMS: yes
    • WILLIAMS, JR.: yes
    • WILLIAMSON: yes
    • WILLIS: yes
    • YEARTA: yes

  • Senate Vote #361 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2025-03-31 · fail · 12-41

    Member-level votes (54)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: yes
    • ANDERSON: no
    • BEACH: no
    • BEARDEN: yes
    • BRASS: no
    • BURNS: no
    • COWSERT: no
    • DAVENPORT: other
    • DIXON: no
    • DOLEZAL: no
    • ECHOLS: no
    • ESTEVES: no
    • GINN: no
    • GOOCH: no
    • GOODMAN: yes
    • HALPERN: no
    • HARBIN: no
    • HARBISON: no
    • HARRELL: no
    • HATCHETT: no
    • HICKMAN: no
    • HODGES: no
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: no
    • JAMES: no
    • JONES: no
    • JONES II: no
    • KEMP: no
    • KENNEDY: no
    • KIRKPATRICK: no
    • LUCAS: yes
    • MALLOW: no
    • MANGHAM: no
    • MCLAURIN: yes
    • MERRITT: no
    • MOORE: yes
    • ORROCK: no
    • PARENT: no
    • PARKES: yes
    • PAYNE: no
    • RAHMAN: no
    • RHETT: no
    • ROBERTSON: no
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: no
    • STILL: other
    • STRICKLAND: yes
    • SUMMERS: no
    • TILLERY: other
    • WALKER, III: no
    • WATSON: no
    • WICKS: no
    • WILLIAMS: no

  • Senate Vote #362 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2025-03-31 · pass · 54-0

    Member-level votes (54)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEACH: yes
    • BEARDEN: yes
    • BRASS: yes
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: yes
    • DAVENPORT: other
    • DIXON: yes
    • DOLEZAL: yes
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • ESTEVES: yes
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: yes
    • GOODMAN: yes
    • HALPERN: yes
    • HARBIN: yes
    • HARBISON: yes
    • HARRELL: yes
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: yes
    • JAMES: yes
    • JONES: yes
    • JONES II: yes
    • KEMP: yes
    • KENNEDY: yes
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: yes
    • MALLOW: yes
    • MANGHAM: yes
    • MCLAURIN: yes
    • MERRITT: yes
    • MOORE: yes
    • ORROCK: yes
    • PARENT: yes
    • PARKES: yes
    • PAYNE: yes
    • RAHMAN: yes
    • RHETT: yes
    • ROBERTSON: yes
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: yes
    • STILL: other
    • STRICKLAND: yes
    • SUMMERS: yes
    • TILLERY: yes
    • WALKER, III: yes
    • WATSON: yes
    • WICKS: yes
    • WILLIAMS: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69356

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