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type: "Bill"
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title: "Whitfield County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum"
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description: "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."
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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 61"
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citation: "Georgia HB 61 (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: ["Jason Ridley", "Kasey Carpenter", "Steve Tarvin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-02-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0166e8d6-f2d3-42b4-8fa5-838b353669f5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "893b9ec4f3b7cacf5f5bf5d279dcca8ce6039e4150d220d318cbeca49e40b858"
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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 61 (2021_22) — Whitfield County; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum
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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.
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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 61/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196383.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0631/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195653.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195654.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **131–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
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- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
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- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** House Hopper
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- **2021-01-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-01-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-01-26** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
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- **2021-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-01-29** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2021-02-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-02-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-02-01** Act 1 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-02-01** 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/0166e8d6-f2d3-42b4-8fa5-838b353669f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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