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type: "Bill"
title: "Rockdale County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for 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 683"
citation: "Georgia HB 683 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doreen Carter", "Pam Dickerson", "Pam Stephenson", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2016-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3550d61-a22a-41fd-ba76-2d59ffda5ede"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c81d6435747d59678a8585728caf2c4c127199446d8e7bc4af2e156360c95bef"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160401.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4685/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152665.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1540** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3550d61-a22a-41fd-ba76-2d59ffda5ede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).