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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Safety and Judicial Facilities Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 75 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to war on terrorism local assistance, so as to change a short title to the \"Public Safety and Judicial Facilities Act\"; to repeal the requirement for referendums prior to issuance of bonded indebtedness for new projects; to provide for related matters; 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 579"
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citation: "Georgia HB 579 (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: ["Becky Evans", "Chuck Efstration", "Karen Bennett", "Karla Drenner", "Mary Oliver", "Matthew Wilson", "Zulma Lopez"]
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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: "2021-02-22"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3f57d35-0093-49c9-a352-d522951b09fd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "88970f8574729cbc4c8fbd78f6b704bc81241901cc9068dc1f7c1cccbd046ba4"
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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 579 (2021_22) — Public Safety and Judicial Facilities Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 75 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to war on terrorism local assistance, so as to change a short title to the "Public Safety and Judicial Facilities Act"; to repeal the requirement for referendums prior to issuance of bonded indebtedness for new projects; to provide for related matters; 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 579/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202406.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0851/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198297.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Becky Evans — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
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- Zulma Lopez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-22** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-10** Act 279 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/e3f57d35-0093-49c9-a352-d522951b09fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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