republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-683.md

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Bill	Rockdale County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for 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 683	Georgia HB 683 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Doreen Carter Pam Dickerson Pam Stephenson Tonya Anderson	2	13	1	2015-03-26	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c3550d61-a22a-41fd-ba76-2d59ffda5ede	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c81d6435747d59678a8585728caf2c4c127199446d8e7bc4af2e156360c95bef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 683 (2015_16) — Rockdale County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for 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 683/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 34 4685/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 154–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Doreen Carter — primary (person)
• Pam Dickerson — primary (person)
• Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-26 House Hopper
• 2015-03-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-01-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-01-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-01-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-01-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 431 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3550d61-a22a-41fd-ba76-2d59ffda5ede. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).