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Georgia · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 51: State, County, and Municipal Road Systems; contracting procedures related to the acquisition of certain professional services by counties and municipalities; revise

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 51 is a bill introduced in the Georgia Senate on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: State, County, and Municipal Road Systems; contracting procedures related to the acquisition of certain professional services by counties and municipalities; revise. Primary sponsor: Ed Setzler (Republican), Matt Brass (Republican), Clint Dixon (Republican), Frank Ginn (Republican), Emanuel Jones (Democratic), Sheikh Rahman (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 19, 2026): House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state, county, and municipal road systems, so as to revise contracting procedures related to the acquisition of certain professional services by counties and municipalities; to amend Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public works bidding, so as to revise contracting procedures related to the acquisition of certain professional services by counties and municipalities; to provide definitions; to amend Chapter 22 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to managerial control over acquisition of professional services, so as to expand such provisions to local governments; to provide for and revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ed SetzlerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Matt BrassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Clint DixonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate45
Frank GinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Emanuel JonesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Sheikh RahmanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  2. House Withdrawn, Recommitted
  3. House Committee Favorably Reported
  4. House Withdrawn, Recommitted
  5. House Committee Favorably Reported
  6. House Second Readers
  7. House First Readers
  8. Senate Passed/Adopted
  9. Senate Third Read
  10. Senate Read Second Time
  11. Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  12. Senate Read and Referred

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source