---
type: "Bill"
title: "Richmond Hill Public Facilities Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Richmond Hill Public Facilities Authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "Georgia HB 544 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-03"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e025d1ec-1029-4d48-8432-1a199a67b0c2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9ae30d151e9ff517a5c91df1072b22d4d32e304a43962618eb48cd9d6671a319"
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 544 (2017_18) — Richmond Hill Public Facilities Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Richmond Hill Public Facilities 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.


## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-03** House Hopper
- **2017-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Act 122 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e025d1ec-1029-4d48-8432-1a199a67b0c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).