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type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; downtown development authorities; remove provision providing perpetual existence to such authorities"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "Georgia HB 161 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bonnie Rich", "Jan Tankersley", "Penny Houston", "Philip Singleton", "Robert Dickey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8bf7c5d-3bef-47b8-b414-56db21d3d855"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "81f8b95ed095ddee36ed77b88d690ffd9995b84f287b8c0b7068c3105017d0a0"
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 161 (2021_22) — Local government; downtown development authorities; remove provision providing perpetual existence to such authorities
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 161/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201143.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0735/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196161.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-28** House Hopper
- **2021-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 177 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective Date
## Source
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).