---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forsyth County Community Improvement Districts Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Forsyth County; to provide for the dissolution and reactivation of districts under certain conditions; 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 696"
citation: "Georgia HB 696 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Tanner", "Marc Morris", "Sheri Gilligan", "Todd Jones", "Wes Cantrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/730666bb-109c-4b76-8943-c84af017ccba"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "58e27127ae1fd0f3b4175ef9b505302dc5683ac36761a6c7444b157ff1650499"
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 696 (2019_20) — Forsyth County Community Improvement Districts Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Forsyth County; to provide for the dissolution and reactivation of districts under certain conditions; 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 696/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187468.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1262/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185946.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185955.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **152–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Marc Morris — primary (person)
- Sheri Gilligan — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25** House Hopper
- **2019-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-29** 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 182 `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/730666bb-109c-4b76-8943-c84af017ccba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).