---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lula Development Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Lula Development Authority; to provide a short title; to provide definitions; to provide for the powers of the authority; to provide for members of the authority; to provide a development area; to provide for revenue bonds and other obligations of the authority; to recite constitutional authority; to provide for effect on other authorities; 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 637"
citation: "Georgia HB 637 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Timothy Barr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-18"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5505eae2-4afe-47c7-b17d-6cedcf5d7d58"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5f298be13569d1b9c37c9af56589c2f69826c64abb6da92bbb0e83d451c1580a"
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 637 (2019_20) — Lula Development Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Lula Development Authority; to provide a short title; to provide definitions; to provide for the powers of the authority; to provide for members of the authority; to provide a development area; to provide for revenue bonds and other obligations of the authority; to recite constitutional authority; to provide for effect on other authorities; 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 637/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187444.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0149/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184855.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184865.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Timothy Barr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18** House Hopper
- **2019-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-25** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Act 160 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5505eae2-4afe-47c7-b17d-6cedcf5d7d58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).