republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-657.md

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Bill	Richmond Hill, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Richmond Hill 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 657	Georgia HB 657 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens J. Craig Gordon Ron Stephens	3	13	1	2019-03-21	2019-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/3cb13629-59e5-4586-9226-e009fffde14f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9964beaa1a3b691813c37b4c2d764b9461aa009c356eb2cfaa1bc8b51acf0b5c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 657 (2019_20) — Richmond Hill, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Richmond Hill 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.

1. HB 657/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0167/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• J. Craig Gordon — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-21 House Hopper
• 2019-03-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 174 executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3cb13629-59e5-4586-9226-e009fffde14f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).