republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-797.md

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Bill	Homelessness Prevention Act of Chatham County; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Interagency Council on Homelessness for Chatham-Savannah; to provide for a short title and definitions; to provide for findings; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership of the authority and their terms of office; to provide for meetings; to provide for a quorum; to provide for venue; to provide for tax exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for liberal construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 797	Georgia HB 797 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens Carl Gilliard Jesse Petrea Ron Stephens	3	13	2	2025-03-18	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/92595e9f-c64f-4c14-bec7-a3aab784639a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7537cf28cd7f2df78034304f3cf43e8e58132d565d1e5a2389a2ff5de2088d04	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 797 (2025_26) — Homelessness Prevention Act of Chatham County; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Interagency Council on Homelessness for Chatham-Savannah; to provide for a short title and definitions; to provide for findings; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership of the authority and their terms of office; to provide for meetings; to provide for a quorum; to provide for venue; to provide for tax exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for liberal construction; 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 797/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 62 0142/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #317 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #339 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-18 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-31 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Act 50 executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92595e9f-c64f-4c14-bec7-a3aab784639a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).