republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-414.md

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Bill	Columbus, City of; "Redevelopment Powers Law"; exercise and provide referendum	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the consolidated government of Columbus, Georgia, 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	2013_14	HB 414	Georgia HB 414 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Calvin Smyre Carolyn Hugley Debbie Buckner John Pezold Richard Smith	2	15	1	2013-02-20	2013-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/f202379b-1c71-42dd-a6ab-6222a8d8c6d2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c725c00632eeb97a8e046b96f895869d216f09136ffee9dd9600b2e603770b66	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 414 (2013_14) — Columbus, City of; "Redevelopment Powers Law"; exercise and provide referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the consolidated government of Columbus, Georgia, 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 414/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 1947/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
• Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• John Pezold — primary (person)
• Richard Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-20 House Hopper
• 2013-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-12 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-12 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 61 executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f202379b-1c71-42dd-a6ab-6222a8d8c6d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).