---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless; provide for membership"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless, approved March 30, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4701), as amended, so as to provide for membership; to provide for meetings; to provide for purposes; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 730"
citation: "Georgia HB 730 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Edna Jackson", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c2b4105-e6b5-4e91-aba0-12dab0ac5992"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dc9f57970fd428d7f49032126ffc2abd38afef861fc3b10dabdf4a5dc9985df8"
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 730 (2025_26) — Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless; provide for membership

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless, approved March 30, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4701), as amended, so as to provide for membership; to provide for meetings; to provide for purposes; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; 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 730/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238016.pdf)
2. **LC 44 3113ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235259.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235271.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #313 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #293 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 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.

- **2025-03-04** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Act 49 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c2b4105-e6b5-4e91-aba0-12dab0ac5992`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).