republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-621.md

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Bill	"Barrow County Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Barrow County Public Facilities Authority; to provide for the appointment of members of the Authority; to provide for a short title; to confer powers upon the Authority; to provide for purpose and scope of operations of the Authority; to provide for definitions; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the Authority; to fix and provide the venue and jurisdiction of actions; to provide for moneys received and trust funds; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemption, rates, charges, and revenues; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 621	Georgia SB 621 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Clint Dixon Frank Ginn	4	13	2	2026-03-12	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/35571428-9684-467d-87ec-14e14a5d4ac2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7bebc26f1190e958da552362eb51acbd0ad27f848c084ba861981b3dc14ac22a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 621 (2025_26) — "Barrow County Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Barrow County Public Facilities Authority; to provide for the appointment of members of the Authority; to provide for a short title; to confer powers upon the Authority; to provide for purpose and scope of operations of the Authority; to provide for definitions; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the Authority; to fix and provide the venue and jurisdiction of actions; to provide for moneys received and trust funds; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemption, rates, charges, and revenues; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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
2. As introduced LC 62 0317 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 621 Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 621/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #745 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #857 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 94–75 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-12 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-03-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-23 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-04-02 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-04-02 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 621 executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35571428-9684-467d-87ec-14e14a5d4ac2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).