Richard H. Smith Georgia CHIPS Advancement in Research and Economic Development Act; enact
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Commission; to provide for the purpose, membership, and duties of such commission; to amend Chapter 34 of Title 50, relating to the OneGeorgia Authority, so as to abolish the Georgia CHIPS and Advanced Technology Consortium; to replace the advisory panel and executive committee governin
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Where it is
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House Hopper · Jan 30, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 3, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 4, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 10, 2025
House Third Readers · Feb 12, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Feb 12, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 13, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 21, 2025
Senate Tabled · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 31, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 13, 2025
Act 176 · May 13, 2025
Effective Date · May 13, 2025
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
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Recorded votes
PASSAGESenate · 2025-03-31 · yea 50, nay 2, notVoting 1, excused 3
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-02-12 · yea 163, nay 2, notVoting 7, excused 8
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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