---
type: "Bill"
title: "Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority; maximum amount of bonded indebtedness of the authority; increase"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-7-55 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creation of Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority, membership, and powers, so as to increase the maximum amount of bonded indebtedness of the authority; to authorize the authority to condemn public property; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1041"
citation: "Georgia HB 1041 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Allen Westbrook", "Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Edna Jackson", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c67370aa-fb03-4bcb-9a64-96dda9986b55"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ec49ccacc79586e87d7c8f94f0591a43e3f62749ec55b54013e243c5a7a52332"
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 1041 (2023_24) — Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority; maximum amount of bonded indebtedness of the authority; increase

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-7-55 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creation of Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority, membership, and powers, so as to increase the maximum amount of bonded indebtedness of the authority; to authorize the authority to condemn public property; 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 1041/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227612.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2513/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221888.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #518 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #682 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Allen Westbrook — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Edna Jackson — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-25** Act 492 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c67370aa-fb03-4bcb-9a64-96dda9986b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).