republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-61.md

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Bill	Whitfield County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Whitfield County, Georgia, 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 61	Georgia HB 61 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Jason Ridley Kasey Carpenter Steve Tarvin	3	15	1	2021-01-11	2021-02-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0166e8d6-f2d3-42b4-8fa5-838b353669f5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	893b9ec4f3b7cacf5f5bf5d279dcca8ce6039e4150d220d318cbeca49e40b858	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 61 (2021_22) — Whitfield County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Whitfield County, Georgia, 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 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 61/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0631/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 131–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason Ridley — primary (person)
• Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
• Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11 House Hopper
• 2021-01-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-01-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-01-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-01-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-01-26 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-01-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-01-29 Senate Transmitted House
• 2021-02-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-02-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-02-01 Act 1 executive-signature
• 2021-02-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0166e8d6-f2d3-42b4-8fa5-838b353669f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).