republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-685.md

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Bill	Bartow County Community Improvement Districts Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Bartow County; to provide for a short title; to provide for the purposes of said districts; to provide for definitions; to provide for general obligation bonds, notes, and other obligations of said districts; to provide for construction; to provide that Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A. shall not apply to the offer, sale, or issuance of the boards' bonds, notes, or other obligations; to provide that no notice, proceeding, publication, or referendum shall be required; to provide for dissolutions; to provide for procedures connected with all of the foregoing; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 685	Georgia HB 685 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Matthew Gambill Mitchell Scoggins	4	14	2	2025-02-28	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/3c9916ba-aa75-44fd-bd0e-e72fdce437bb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0afa6bdd8e90592fa87b68d058a50b7cd4814b1588247d09fa28ddb9c3657524	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 685 (2025_26) — Bartow County Community Improvement Districts Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Bartow County; to provide for a short title; to provide for the purposes of said districts; to provide for definitions; to provide for general obligation bonds, notes, and other obligations of said districts; to provide for construction; to provide that Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A. shall not apply to the offer, sale, or issuance of the boards' bonds, notes, or other obligations; to provide that no notice, proceeding, publication, or referendum shall be required; to provide for dissolutions; to provide for procedures connected with all of the foregoing; 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 685/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3423/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen Ctee sub LC 47 3664S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #270 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
• Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-28 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-10 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-10 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 160 executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c9916ba-aa75-44fd-bd0e-e72fdce437bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).