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type: "Bill"
title: "Brooks County Development Authority; appointment of members; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to the Brooks County Development Authority, approved March 9, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 2097), so as to revise provisions related to the appointment of members of the authority; to repeal outdated districting and initial term provisions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 856"
citation: "Georgia HB 856 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John LaHood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/973e1bd8-649d-48cf-b4b0-22fd588f6a40"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fef6bbc0673ace17af19b925c0fe5c2720b8640d8eea68a1f8a804794ea6b9a0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 856 (2025_26) — Brooks County Development Authority; appointment of members; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to the Brooks County Development Authority, approved March 9, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 2097), so as to revise provisions related to the appointment of members of the authority; to repeal outdated districting and initial term provisions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.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 856/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238868.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3611/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237271.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237398.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **551** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **1650** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- John LaHood — 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`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 243 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/973e1bd8-649d-48cf-b4b0-22fd588f6a40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).