---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; counties to exercise powers in incorporated areas; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-44-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding redevelopment powers, so as to authorize counties to exercise powers in incorporated areas; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 349"
citation: "Georgia HB 349 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3f193cb-8c58-4d38-bb53-8c73bce3a86f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e975add74a80114b23f4af4f771ba3c4b973a5e5598936d593206337166c868e"
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 349 (2019_20) — Local government; counties to exercise powers in incorporated areas; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-44-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding redevelopment powers, so as to authorize counties to exercise powers in incorporated areas; to revise a definition; 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 349/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187075.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1104ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181742.pdf)
3. **LC 44 1161ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184234.pdf)
4. **LC 44 1161ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183733.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** House Hopper
- **2019-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Act 189 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3f193cb-8c58-4d38-bb53-8c73bce3a86f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).