---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Barrow County Public Facilities Authority Act\"; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Barrow County Public Facilities Authority; to provide for the appointment of members of the Authority; to provide for a short title; to confer powers upon the Authority; to provide for purpose and scope of operations of the Authority; to provide for definitions; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the Authority; to fix and provide the venue and jurisdiction of actions; to provide for moneys received and trust funds; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemption, rates, charges, and revenues; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 621"
citation: "Georgia SB 621 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Clint Dixon", "Frank Ginn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-12"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35571428-9684-467d-87ec-14e14a5d4ac2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7bebc26f1190e958da552362eb51acbd0ad27f848c084ba861981b3dc14ac22a"
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 SB 621 (2025_26) — "Barrow County Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Barrow County Public Facilities Authority; to provide for the appointment of members of the Authority; to provide for a short title; to confer powers upon the Authority; to provide for purpose and scope of operations of the Authority; to provide for definitions; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the Authority; to fix and provide the venue and jurisdiction of actions; to provide for moneys received and trust funds; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemption, rates, charges, and revenues; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246621.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 62 0317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245787.pdf)
3. **SB 621 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245792.pdf)
4. **SB 621/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249237.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #745 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #857 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **94–75** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-12** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 621 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35571428-9684-467d-87ec-14e14a5d4ac2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).