republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-709.md

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Bill	Demorest, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Demorest, Georgia, to exercise all redevelopment and other powers provided for under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Georgia 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	2025_26	HB 709	Georgia HB 709 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Chris Erwin Victor Anderson	3	13	2	2025-03-03	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/c73fbe1e-513c-4838-b671-88199f3c843b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	aaf99d8b23a46b91cd423cda8ba6666e57ddf026c3ce7194033237442c5ff425	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 709 (2025_26) — Demorest, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Demorest, Georgia, to exercise all redevelopment and other powers provided for under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Georgia 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 709/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3372/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #332 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 160–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #446 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Erwin — primary (person)
• Victor Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-03 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-28 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 213 executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c73fbe1e-513c-4838-b671-88199f3c843b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).