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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local government; counties to exercise powers in incorporated areas; authorize"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-44-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding redevelopment powers, so as to authorize counties to exercise powers in incorporated areas; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 349"
+citation: "Georgia HB 349 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-15"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3f193cb-8c58-4d38-bb53-8c73bce3a86f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e975add74a80114b23f4af4f771ba3c4b973a5e5598936d593206337166c868e"
+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 349 (2019_20) — Local government; counties to exercise powers in incorporated areas; authorize
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-44-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding redevelopment powers, so as to authorize counties to exercise powers in incorporated areas; to revise a definition; 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 349/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187075.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 1104ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181742.pdf)
+3. **LC 44 1161ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184234.pdf)
+4. **LC 44 1161ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183733.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles Martin — primary (person)
+- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
+- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-15** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Act 189 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3f193cb-8c58-4d38-bb53-8c73bce3a86f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+