republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-379.md

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Bill	Porterdale, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide a referendum	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Porterdale to exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment Powers Law," as amended; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 379	Georgia HB 379 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Dave Belton Pam Dickerson Roger Rutledge	2	13	1	2015-02-17	2015-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/37308d2f-1a3b-4467-bf67-d49dc57fe542	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8772383a2e4ccb27481ad196aa0bd1090fefe913668ee9a1a499a2963a27045a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 379 (2015_16) — Porterdale, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide a referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Porterdale to exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment Powers Law," as amended; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; 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 379/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 3599/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 160–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Dave Belton — primary (person)
• Pam Dickerson — primary (person)
• Roger Rutledge — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-17 House Hopper
• 2015-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-02-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 154 executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37308d2f-1a3b-4467-bf67-d49dc57fe542. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).