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type: "Bill"
title: "City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority; a referendum for issuing revenue bonds for certain projects requested by the City Schools of Decatur; require"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority, approved March 17, 2017 (Ga. L. 2017, p. 3516), so as to require a referendum for issuing revenue bonds for certain projects requested by the City Schools of Decatur; 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 625"
citation: "Georgia SB 625 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elena Parent"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-17"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a94c7e99-ffcb-4abd-a6cc-266dd4026b8d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "54d2cc65a832ff9166d6326e1687d21d165fdc5057b1fb2e8f2d96d0dac3ab36"
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 625 (2025_26) — City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority; a referendum for issuing revenue bonds for certain projects requested by the City Schools of Decatur; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority, approved March 17, 2017 (Ga. L. 2017, p. 3516), so as to require a referendum for issuing revenue bonds for certain projects requested by the City Schools of Decatur; 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/20252026/246847.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 62 0493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246205.pdf)
3. **SB 625 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246206.pdf)
4. **SB 625/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249233.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #846 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **110–63** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #761 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-17** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-25** 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`
- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 706 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a94c7e99-ffcb-4abd-a6cc-266dd4026b8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).