---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Roswell Public Facilities Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Roswell Public Facilities Authority; to provide for a short title and legislative findings; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership and the appointment of members of the authority and their terms of office, qualifications, duties, powers, and compensation; to provide for charges; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemptions and exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for supplemental powers; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for liberal construction; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date; 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 1501"
citation: "Georgia HB 1501 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Deborah Silcox", "Esther Panitch", "Jan Jones", "Scott Hilton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-18"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7805a974-0d3a-4e2f-895e-c5b2af9b0ec0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ae6141f625c0f6994d1606c284684f18d266f9207b1d21a8d2478d5be3c9bd56"
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 1501 (2023_24) — City of Roswell Public Facilities Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Roswell Public Facilities Authority; to provide for a short title and legislative findings; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership and the appointment of members of the authority and their terms of office, qualifications, duties, powers, and compensation; to provide for charges; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemptions and exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for supplemental powers; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for liberal construction; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date; 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 1501/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229152.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2759/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227680.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227726.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #823 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #746 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **116–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Esther Panitch — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-18** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 692 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7805a974-0d3a-4e2f-895e-c5b2af9b0ec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).