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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Urban Redevelopment Law; include blighted areas; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 61 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the \"Urban Redevelopment Law,\" so as to include blighted areas; to modernize terminology; to provide for the use of surface transportation projects in urban redevelopment areas; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 174"
+citation: "Georgia HB 174 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dustin Hightower", "Kimberly Alexander", "LaDawn Jones", "Micah Gravley", "Roger Bruce"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-01-29"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d941c2ec-44d6-4b49-aac8-c4a20dd15c02"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "708ebeef136c45338b431eb650cb8c6a63df061919ae7a18edc10a0e84c52ba8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 174 (2015_16) — Urban Redevelopment Law; include blighted areas; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 61 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Urban Redevelopment Law," so as to include blighted areas; to modernize terminology; to provide for the use of surface transportation projects in urban redevelopment areas; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 174/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152095.pdf)
+2. **LC 21 3541/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146376.pdf)
+3. **LC 21 3662S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151331.pdf)
+4. **LC 21 3662S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150153.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **174–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
+- Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
+- LaDawn Jones — primary (person)
+- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
+- Roger Bruce — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-01-29** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-12** Act 208 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d941c2ec-44d6-4b49-aac8-c4a20dd15c02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+