republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1488.md

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Bill	Forsyth County; Redevelopment Powers Law; define an area where such powers may be exercised	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Forsyth County to exercise all redevelopment and other powers provided for 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 define an area where such powers may be exercised; 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	2023_24	HB 1488	Georgia HB 1488 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Brent Cox Carter Barrett David Clark Lauren McDonald Rick Jasperse Todd Jones	3	13	2	2024-03-14	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/0d6aabf0-01c0-49e0-8b09-df39caeff1cf	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	625efbfa3889dd83cf1fc234ddebce6e43d0f656afc721d4a8dce01b97fa702e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1488 (2023_24) — Forsyth County; Redevelopment Powers Law; define an area where such powers may be exercised

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Forsyth County to exercise all redevelopment and other powers provided for 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 define an area where such powers may be exercised; 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 1488/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3058/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #728 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 160–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #823 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brent Cox — primary (person)
• Carter Barrett — primary (person)
• David Clark — primary (person)
• Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
• Todd Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-14 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-03-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 688 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d6aabf0-01c0-49e0-8b09-df39caeff1cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).