# Georgia SB 256: Electric Membership Corporation; disclose certain acquisitions and other information to its members within a certain time frame; require

Georgia SB 256, Electric Membership Corporation; disclose certain acquisitions and other information to its members within a certain time frame; require, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Bill Cowsert (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 256
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Electric Membership Corporation; disclose certain acquisitions and other information to its members within a certain time frame; require
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-25
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsor: Bill Cowsert (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications, Regulated Industries and Utilities, General Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (214 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Cooperative members get more gas disclosures: benefit, low. Georgia electric cooperatives must notify members within six months after a transaction puts more than 15% of their net utility plant into investments, loans, or guarantees benefiting their gas affiliate. Electric generation and transmission assets are excluded from this threshold, using federal ac…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Bill Cowsert (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Charles Martin (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-31 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 163 | 1 | 10 |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE | pass | 51 | 2 | 3 |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-05-14: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-14: Act 296
- 2025-04-07: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-31: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-25: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-03-11: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-03-10: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Tabled (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Taken from Table (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB 256/AP* (v7): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238423)

## Related bills

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- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [SB 256/AP* (v7) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238423)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB256-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).