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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority; maximum amount of bonded indebtedness of the authority; increase"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-7-55 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creation of Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority, membership, and powers, so as to increase the maximum amount of bonded indebtedness of the authority; to authorize the authority to condemn public property; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1041"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1041 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anne Allen Westbrook", "Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Edna Jackson", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-25"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c67370aa-fb03-4bcb-9a64-96dda9986b55"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "ec49ccacc79586e87d7c8f94f0591a43e3f62749ec55b54013e243c5a7a52332"
+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 1041 (2023_24) — Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority; maximum amount of bonded indebtedness of the authority; increase
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-7-55 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creation of Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority, membership, and powers, so as to increase the maximum amount of bonded indebtedness of the authority; to authorize the authority to condemn public property; 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 1041/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227612.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 2513/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221888.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #518 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–1** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #682 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anne Allen Westbrook — primary (person)
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
+- Edna Jackson — primary (person)
+- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-25** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-25** Act 492 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c67370aa-fb03-4bcb-9a64-96dda9986b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+