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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local government authorities; register with Department of Community Affairs; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, so as to require local government authorities to register with the Department of Community Affairs in order to be eligible for state funds; to change the deadline for local government authorities to register with said department; to prohibit authorities from incurring debt or credit obligations prior to submitting a report to said department; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 257"
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citation: "Georgia HB 257 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James Epps", "Jan Tankersley", "Jay Powell", "Lynn Smith", "Matt Hatchett", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-07"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d198fb32-2d6f-4a47-8bf3-52a8cb8832eb"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1cda71db11a53e526c4fd5b9278dacd04d519e2ad5afadcfebd82d3438ff5b73"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 257 (2017_18) — Local government authorities; register with Department of Community Affairs; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, so as to require local government authorities to register with the Department of Community Affairs in order to be eligible for state funds; to change the deadline for local government authorities to register with said department; to prohibit authorities from incurring debt or credit obligations prior to submitting a report to said department; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **160–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Tabled
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- **2018-01-08** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2018-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 306 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d198fb32-2d6f-4a47-8bf3-52a8cb8832eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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