---
type: "Bill"
title: "Macon-Bibb County Community Enhancement Authority; change membership of authority"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled \"An Act to create the Macon-Bibb County Community Enhancement Authority,\" approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5270), so as to change the membership of such authority; to provide for the initial term of the chairperson; to define certain terms; to include targeted employment areas within the powers of the authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 896"
citation: "Georgia HB 896 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Beverly", "James Epps", "Nikki Randall", "Robert Dickey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-03"
last_action: "2014-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f673e21e-956d-47b4-a351-c296ba05cbe1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f7c12eea63b7832127b4363bc33a98067a297918570d968fd7a9d4c85556951e"
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 896 (2013_14) — Macon-Bibb County Community Enhancement Authority; change membership of authority

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to create the Macon-Bibb County Community Enhancement Authority," approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5270), so as to change the membership of such authority; to provide for the initial term of the chairperson; to define certain terms; to include targeted employment areas within the powers of the authority; 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 896/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142601.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2300/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138675.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Beverly — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Nikki Randall — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-03** House Hopper
- **2014-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-06** Act 356 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f673e21e-956d-47b4-a351-c296ba05cbe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).