---
type: "Bill"
title: "Americus-Sumter County Land Bank Authority; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Americus-Sumter County Land Bank Authority; to provide for its membership, terms of office, powers, duties, and authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 602"
citation: "Georgia HB 602 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Rynders", "Mike Cheokas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-12"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab921eb-5838-48ee-a6b8-12f17cf06fdd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d43aca0b0a525960fd99866250f2847b6a3825ea10d81047c4355a1eec160beb"
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 602 (2013_14) — Americus-Sumter County Land Bank Authority; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Americus-Sumter County Land Bank Authority; to provide for its membership, terms of office, powers, duties, and authority; 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 602/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136380.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6701/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134301.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-03-12** House Hopper
- **2013-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 169 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ab921eb-5838-48ee-a6b8-12f17cf06fdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).