---
type: "Bill"
title: "Perry Public Facilities Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Perry Public Facilities Authority; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 652"
citation: "Georgia HB 652 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden", "Heath Clark", "James Epps", "Larry O`Neal", "Robert Dickey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-24"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f90c728-3cd4-4179-9888-0b9b2690f015"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "95e02db7187043a89002a4c47c08c7048d74bcfd6a6d7483d04ae534cc2310c2"
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 652 (2015_16) — Perry Public Facilities Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Perry Public Facilities Authority; 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 652/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153759.pdf)
2. **LC 21 3823/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152103.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **131–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
- Heath Clark — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Larry O`Neal — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-24** House Hopper
- **2015-03-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 283 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f90c728-3cd4-4179-9888-0b9b2690f015`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).