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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fulton County; written consent for the creation of community improvement districts; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating one or more community improvement districts in unincorporated Fulton County, approved April 3, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5460), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 2, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4065) and an Act approved April 2, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 3526), so as to provide for written consent for the creation of community improvement districts; to provide for submission of certain resolutions; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; 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: "SB 616"
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citation: "Georgia SB 616 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Donzella James", "Jason T. Dickerson", "Josh McLaurin", "Nan Orrock", "RaShaun Kemp", "Sonya Halpern"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-03-03"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31c9cd06-bc64-4ca8-8de5-af0ad2e26255"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b8f7e36e52b9c1eba541a33926df75575553584248f2842ce94b1166507f68f5"
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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 SB 616 (2025_26) — Fulton County; written consent for the creation of community improvement districts; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating one or more community improvement districts in unincorporated Fulton County, approved April 3, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5460), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 2, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4065) and an Act approved April 2, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 3526), so as to provide for written consent for the creation of community improvement districts; to provide for submission of certain resolutions; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245239.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 62 0432** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244774.pdf)
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3. **SB 616 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244811.pdf)
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4. **SB 616/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249098.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #639 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #857 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **94–75** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
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- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 643 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** 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/31c9cd06-bc64-4ca8-8de5-af0ad2e26255`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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