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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local government; downtown development authorities; remove provision providing perpetual existence to such authorities"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 42 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to downtown development authorities, so as to remove a provision providing perpetual existence to such authorities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 161"
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citation: "Georgia HB 161 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bonnie Rich", "Jan Tankersley", "Penny Houston", "Philip Singleton", "Robert Dickey"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-28"
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last_action: "2021-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8bf7c5d-3bef-47b8-b414-56db21d3d855"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "81f8b95ed095ddee36ed77b88d690ffd9995b84f287b8c0b7068c3105017d0a0"
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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 161 (2021_22) — Local government; downtown development authorities; remove provision providing perpetual existence to such authorities
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 42 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to downtown development authorities, so as to remove a provision providing perpetual existence to such authorities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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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1. **HB 161/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201143.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0735/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196161.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
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- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-28** House Hopper
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- **2021-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-18** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 177 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** 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/d8bf7c5d-3bef-47b8-b414-56db21d3d855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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