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type: "Bill"
title: "Newton County Public Facilities Authority; contracts and borrowing of funds; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating and establishing the Newton County Public Facilities Authority, approved June 29, 2020 (Ga. L. 2020, p. 3600), so as to revise provisions regarding contracts and borrowing of funds; to revise provisions regarding revenue bonds; to revise provisions regarding credit not pledged; to provide for distribution of assets of the authority upon dissolution; to provide for definitions; 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: "SB 237"
citation: "Georgia SB 237 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d80ef25-8559-4f23-8d7f-1a1f5788ded0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "580c756c8c85aef856a14ebf2d8cf464c47642804ae9bd777c299f3d99fadb20"
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 SB 237 (2025_26) — Newton County Public Facilities Authority; contracts and borrowing of funds; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating and establishing the Newton County Public Facilities Authority, approved June 29, 2020 (Ga. L. 2020, p. 3600), so as to revise provisions regarding contracts and borrowing of funds; to revise provisions regarding revenue bonds; to revise provisions regarding credit not pledged; to provide for distribution of assets of the authority upon dissolution; to provide for definitions; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234885.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 44 3010** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233423.pdf)
3. **SB 237 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233429.pdf)
4. **SB 237/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237030.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #114 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #293 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 246 `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/2d80ef25-8559-4f23-8d7f-1a1f5788ded0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).