republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1535.md

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Bill	Sandy Springs, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Sandy Springs, Georgia, 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 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	2025_26	HB 1535	Georgia HB 1535 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Betsy Holland Deborah Silcox Esther Panitch Shea Roberts	3	13	2	2026-03-10	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c5328d09-8e0c-412d-be3a-0ebfb2454a7c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	360749ecae3d05c57755eec6d98adf72b700ede5ed2990f16c1274887d1b3633	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1535 (2025_26) — Sandy Springs, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Sandy Springs, Georgia, 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 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 1535/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 4073/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 161–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #799 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Betsy Holland — primary (person)
• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Esther Panitch — primary (person)
• Shea Roberts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-10 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-03-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-16 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 582 executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5328d09-8e0c-412d-be3a-0ebfb2454a7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).