republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-834.md

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Bill	Cedartown, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Cedartown, 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 834	Georgia HB 834 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Trey Kelley	3	13	2	2025-03-25	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/84c7bdc1-4666-42e1-9dbd-3bc773f7c3d7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	22f9eba2ac210e109cc61714f86b71637201fc9d4a510df2fcf1a6f7c746834c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 834 (2025_26) — Cedartown, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Cedartown, 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 834/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2853/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 55–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-25 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-31 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-31 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 339 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84c7bdc1-4666-42e1-9dbd-3bc773f7c3d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).