republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-1249.md

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Bill	Henry County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Henry County, Georgia, and each municipality located within Henry County, to exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Georgia 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 provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 1249	Georgia HB 1249 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch David Knight Demetrius Douglas El-Mahdi Holly Karen Mathiak Roger Rutledge	3	13	1	2020-06-22	2020-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/0744b01a-dddb-4a8f-91db-a6eda70ed51d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	73d23a6011448971ea97135631c34f98af5f4e10b320e5d380b4f56eba4d94bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1249 (2019_20) — Henry County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Henry County, Georgia, and each municipality located within Henry County, to exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Georgia 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 provide for severability; 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 1249/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0588/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 155–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• David Knight — primary (person)
• Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
• El-Mahdi Holly — primary (person)
• Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
• Roger Rutledge — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-06-22 House Hopper
• 2020-06-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-06-23 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-24 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-30 Act 445 executive-signature
• 2020-06-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0744b01a-dddb-4a8f-91db-a6eda70ed51d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).