Electric Membership Corporation; disclose certain acquisitions and other information to its members within a certain time frame; require
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025
Signed May 14, 2025
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SB 256/AP*
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The bill underwent formatting and versioning updates to reflect its progression from the Senate to the Assembly/AP stage. The changes primarily involve updating bill identifiers from LC 55 0571S (SCS) to SB 256/AP and removing the 'AS PASSED SENATE' designation, indicating the bill has moved to the next legislative stage. No substantive policy changes were made to the actual content of the bill.
TECHNICAL
Bill identifier updated from LC 55 0571S (SCS) to SB 256/AP to reflect current legislative status
Removed 'AS PASSED SENATE' designation as the bill has moved to the Assembly stage
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025 · House Mar 31, 2025
How they voted
50–2
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 55
Mar 6, 2025
D
Democratic22
86% Yea
R
Republican33
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Act 296
upper
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Cowsert
RRepublican
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