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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Housing and Finance Authority; increase outstanding bond limit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority, so as to increase the outstanding bond limit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 159"
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citation: "Georgia HB 159 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Clint Crowe", "Kimberly New", "Matt Reeves"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-28"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94871a03-9d72-4197-a847-094f6abe7e66"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "591f398bdc86baf4c5c69c3929e189a5d24cc9cba897720582cb831dd4c1f9f0"
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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 159 (2025_26) — Georgia Housing and Finance Authority; increase outstanding bond limit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority, so as to increase the outstanding bond limit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 159/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237010.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 9765/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230499.pdf)
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3. **LC 62 0158S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235411.pdf)
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4. **LC 62 0158S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234741.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #198 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–10** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #268 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Camp — primary (person)
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- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
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- Kimberly New — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-28** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2025-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 173 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/94871a03-9d72-4197-a847-094f6abe7e66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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