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2025-2026 Regular Session

SB256

Electric Membership Corporation; disclose certain acquisitions and other information to its members within a certain time frame; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electric membership corporations and foreign electric cooperatives, so as to require an electric membership corporation to disclose certain acquisitions and other information to its members within a certain time frame; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
May 14, 2025
Last status update
Senate Date Signed by Governor
Author
Bill Cowsert
Co-sponsors
Charles Martin

Legislative progress

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Senate committee substitute March 3, 2025 Sent to Governor April 7, 2025 Governor approved May 14, 2025 Became law May 14, 2025
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Recorded floor votes

2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 6, 2025 · Senate

Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #216

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

51 yea–2 nay · 3 not voting

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March 31, 2025 · House

Passage: House Vote #344

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

163 yea–1 nay · 10 not voting · 6 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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  1. State Effective Date 2025-07-01
  2. State Act 296
  3. Senate Senate Date Signed by Governor
  4. Senate Senate Sent to Governor
  5. House House Passed/Adopted View roll call
  6. House House Third Readers
  7. House House Committee Favorably Reported
  8. House House Second Readers
  9. House House First Readers
  10. Senate Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
  11. Senate Senate Third Read
  12. Senate Senate Taken from Table
  13. Senate Senate Tabled
  14. Senate Senate Read Second Time
  15. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  16. Senate Senate Read and Referred
  17. Senate Senate Hopper
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
1983845
LegiScan session ID
2167
Source file
var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB256.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00