GA SB 281
died on adjournment"Port Wentworth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority Act"; enact
Georgia · 2025_26 · upper
Quick answers
Did GA SB 281 pass?
No. GA SB 281 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-03-13): House Second Readers
What is GA SB 281 about?
A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Port Wentworth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; to provide for a short title; to provide for the appointment, terms, removal, and compensation of authority members; to provide for officers of the authority; to provide for an executive director and employees; to provide for meetings, quorums, and majorities; to provide for the duties and powers of the authority; to provide for tax statutes of the authority; to limit liabilities; to provide for budget oversight; to authorize the use of hotel-motel tax proceeds to fund the authority; to provide for inspections; to place limitations on authority contracts, agreements, obligations, and indebtedness; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Who sponsors GA SB 281?
Derek Mallow is the primary sponsor of GA SB 281.
Description
A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Port Wentworth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; to provide for a short title; to provide for the appointment, terms, removal, and compensation of authority members; to provide for officers of the authority; to provide for an executive director and employees; to provide for meetings, quorums, and majorities; to provide for the duties and powers of the authority; to provide for tax statutes of the authority; to limit liabilities; to provide for budget oversight; to authorize the use of hotel-motel tax proceeds to fund the authority; to provide for inspections; to place limitations on authority contracts, agreements, obligations, and indebtedness; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-26
- Latest action
- 2025-03-13 — House Second Readers
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Derek Mallowprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-26
Senate Hopper
introduction
2025-02-27
Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee
2025-03-10
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-10
Senate Passed/Adopted
passage
2025-03-11
House First Readers
reading-1
2025-03-13
House Second Readers
reading-2
Versions
Documents
Votes
Senate Vote #221 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-03-10 · pass · 43-1
Member-level votes (54)
- ALBERS: yes
- ANAVITARTE: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- BEACH: yes
- BEARDEN: other
- BRASS: other
- BURNS: yes
- COWSERT: yes
- DAVENPORT: yes
- DIXON: yes
- DOLEZAL: yes
- ECHOLS: yes
- ESTEVES: yes
- GINN: yes
- GOOCH: yes
- GOODMAN: yes
- HALPERN: other
- HARBIN: yes
- HARBISON: yes
- HARRELL: yes
- HATCHETT: yes
- HICKMAN: yes
- HODGES: yes
- HUFSTETLER: yes
- JACKSON: other
- JAMES: yes
- JONES: yes
- JONES II: yes
- KEMP: yes
- KENNEDY: other
- KIRKPATRICK: yes
- LUCAS: yes
- MALLOW: other
- MANGHAM: yes
- MCLAURIN: other
- MERRITT: yes
- MOORE: no
- ORROCK: yes
- PARENT: other
- PARKES: yes
- PAYNE: yes
- RAHMAN: yes
- RHETT: yes
- ROBERTSON: yes
- SETZLER: yes
- SIMS: other
- STILL: yes
- STRICKLAND: yes
- SUMMERS: other
- TILLERY: other
- WALKER, III: other
- WATSON: yes
- WICKS: yes
- WILLIAMS: yes
Related bills
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