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type: "Bill"
title: "Columbia County; 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.; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Columbia 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 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: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 278"
citation: "Georgia SB 278 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Stone", "Lee Anderson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-13"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c2617ba-22a9-4d4e-a282-d58d8a061679"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4e068a3813a1f33e2ed50f5af11860441230d4151c892fd39b8a536ab1f5e44b"
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 SB 278 (2017_18) — Columbia County; 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.; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Columbia 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 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.
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **462** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-13** Senate Hopper
- **2017-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 408 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c2617ba-22a9-4d4e-a282-d58d8a061679`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).