---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to housing generally, so as to establish a stable housing accountability program; to provide for an application process and minimum standards; to provide for the use of certain funds; to provide for disbursements; to require contracts and assurances; to revise means of appointment to the commission; to provide for definitions; to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for a performance audit by the state auditor on public spending on homeless programs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1410"
citation: "Georgia HB 1410 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Derrick McCollum", "Spencer Frye"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfa5e162-dcef-4db2-9cf6-e20569492789"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7302e1358aa0b1479a52c582a2d4fa16e580f72fdb8f1bb04903352cc7dd2694"
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 1410 (2023_24) — State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to housing generally, so as to establish a stable housing accountability program; to provide for an application process and minimum standards; to provide for the use of certain funds; to provide for disbursements; to require contracts and assurances; to revise means of appointment to the commission; to provide for definitions; to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for a performance audit by the state auditor on public spending on homeless programs; 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 1410/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229105.pdf)
2. **LC 49 1862/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225558.pdf)
3. **LC 55 0274S/RCS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226261.pdf)
4. **LC 55 0274S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225980.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 50 0842S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227276.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #750 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #801 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–1** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #640 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-21** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 413 `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/bfa5e162-dcef-4db2-9cf6-e20569492789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).