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type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; zoning; repeal additional hearing and notice provisions regarding halfway houses, drug rehabilitation centers, or other facilities for treatment of drug dependency"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-66-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hearings on proposed zoning decisions, notice of hearing, nongovernmental initiated actions, reconsideration of defeated actions, and procedure on zoning, so as to repeal additional hearing and notice provisions regarding halfway houses, drug rehabilitation centers, or other facilities for treatment of drug dependency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1073"
citation: "Georgia HB 1073 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becky Evans", "Bill Werkheiser", "Dale Washburn", "Devan Seabaugh", "Mary Oliver", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/402d9e5d-6827-4b06-a10a-97e3eb5633e3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2c521e7ec7faca0766e95e02aadf65cf0de9c781c9edb7bcb7e78380b91ef106"
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 1073 (2023_24) — Local government; zoning; repeal additional hearing and notice provisions regarding halfway houses, drug rehabilitation centers, or other facilities for treatment of drug dependency
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-66-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hearings on proposed zoning decisions, notice of hearing, nongovernmental initiated actions, reconsideration of defeated actions, and procedure on zoning, so as to repeal additional hearing and notice provisions regarding halfway houses, drug rehabilitation centers, or other facilities for treatment of drug dependency; to provide for related matters; 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 1073/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229543.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2657/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222267.pdf)
3. **SCSFA to HB 1073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229309.pdf)
4. **Sen Ctee sub LC 47 3013S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227622.pdf)
5. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 47 0128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229206.pdf)
6. **Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 47 0126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229299.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #836 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–21** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #533 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–5** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #837 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **42–12** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #873 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **153–13** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Becky Evans — primary (person)
- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
- Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 594 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/402d9e5d-6827-4b06-a10a-97e3eb5633e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).