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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local government; downtown development authorities; remove provision providing perpetual existence to such authorities"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 42 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to downtown development authorities, so as to remove a provision providing perpetual existence to such authorities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 161"
+citation: "Georgia HB 161 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bonnie Rich", "Jan Tankersley", "Penny Houston", "Philip Singleton", "Robert Dickey"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-28"
+last_action: "2021-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8bf7c5d-3bef-47b8-b414-56db21d3d855"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "81f8b95ed095ddee36ed77b88d690ffd9995b84f287b8c0b7068c3105017d0a0"
+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 161 (2021_22) — Local government; downtown development authorities; remove provision providing perpetual existence to such authorities
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 42 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to downtown development authorities, so as to remove a provision providing perpetual existence to such authorities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 161/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201143.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 0735/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196161.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
+- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-28** House Hopper
+- **2021-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Act 177 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8bf7c5d-3bef-47b8-b414-56db21d3d855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+