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type: "Bill"
title: "Rockdale County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide a referendum"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 577"
citation: "Georgia HB 577 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dee Dawkins-Haigler", "Pam Dickerson", "Pam Stephenson", "Roger Rutledge", "Tom Kirby", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-09"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6645d9a2-2947-49db-a7c3-26040e3f6a70"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "04bb50f6d1a98614fc36f9e35de982dd5ffc6c323e56ab92140a536007a27f7e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152111.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4587/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150569.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1620** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6645d9a2-2947-49db-a7c3-26040e3f6a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).