republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-577.md

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Bill	Rockdale County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide a referendum	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Rockdale County 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 for 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 577	Georgia HB 577 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Dee Dawkins-Haigler Pam Dickerson Pam Stephenson Roger Rutledge Tom Kirby Tonya Anderson	2	12	1	2015-03-09	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/6645d9a2-2947-49db-a7c3-26040e3f6a70	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	04bb50f6d1a98614fc36f9e35de982dd5ffc6c323e56ab92140a536007a27f7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 577 (2015_16) — Rockdale County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide a referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Rockdale County 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 for 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 577/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 34 4587/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 162–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dee Dawkins-Haigler — primary (person)
• Pam Dickerson — primary (person)
• Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
• Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
• Tom Kirby — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-09 House Hopper
• 2015-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Veto V7 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6645d9a2-2947-49db-a7c3-26040e3f6a70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).