---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bartow County Community Improvement Districts Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Bartow County; to provide for a short title; to provide for the purposes of said districts; to provide for definitions; to provide for general obligation bonds, notes, and other obligations of said districts; to provide for construction; to provide that Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A. shall not apply to the offer, sale, or issuance of the boards' bonds, notes, or other obligations; to provide that no notice, proceeding, publication, or referendum shall be required; to provide for dissolutions; to provide for procedures connected with all of the foregoing; 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 685"
citation: "Georgia HB 685 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9916ba-aa75-44fd-bd0e-e72fdce437bb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0afa6bdd8e90592fa87b68d058a50b7cd4814b1588247d09fa28ddb9c3657524"
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 685 (2025_26) — Bartow County Community Improvement Districts Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Bartow County; to provide for a short title; to provide for the purposes of said districts; to provide for definitions; to provide for general obligation bonds, notes, and other obligations of said districts; to provide for construction; to provide that Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A. shall not apply to the offer, sale, or issuance of the boards' bonds, notes, or other obligations; to provide that no notice, proceeding, publication, or referendum shall be required; to provide for dissolutions; to provide for procedures connected with all of the foregoing; 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 685/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239318.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3423/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234581.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234593.pdf)
4. **Sen Ctee sub LC 47 3664S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237465.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #270 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 160 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c9916ba-aa75-44fd-bd0e-e72fdce437bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).