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type: "Bill"
title: "Eminent domain; requirement that condemnations not be converted to any use other than public use for 20 years; provide exception"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to eminent domain, so as to provide for an exception to the requirement that condemnations not be converted to any use other than a public use for 20 years from the initial condemnation; to provide for definitions; to provide for procedure; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 434"
citation: "Georgia HB 434 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Beth Beskin", "Calvin Smyre", "Ron Stephens", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8032b815-2ed7-4e3d-a17b-eff54d47c527"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "aa03738f38e42b65fd597df4fa292127a1c1c628726ae647a4867f621c67125b"
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 434 (2017_18) — Eminent domain; requirement that condemnations not be converted to any use other than public use for 20 years; provide exception
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to eminent domain, so as to provide for an exception to the requirement that condemnations not be converted to any use other than a public use for 20 years from the initial condemnation; to provide for definitions; to provide for procedure; 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.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1586** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Beth Beskin — primary (person)
- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-17** House Hopper
- **2017-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-09** Act 265 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8032b815-2ed7-4e3d-a17b-eff54d47c527`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).