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type: "Bill"
title: "McIntosh County; redevelopment and other powers; referendum; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize McIntosh County to exercise all redevelopment and other powers provided for under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Georgia Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the \"Redevelopment Powers Law,\" as amended; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Georgia SB 297 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hodges"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d527d6e0-8de6-453d-97e5-b02ba25cebd5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "08d4fec75910802cf2ab7e34df7fff8f1b580b28122b881d326a2c874c8374eb"
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 297 (2023_24) — McIntosh County; redevelopment and other powers; referendum; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize McIntosh County to exercise all redevelopment and other powers provided for under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Georgia Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment Powers Law," as amended; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; 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/20232024/218255.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 2238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217622.pdf)
3. **SB 297 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217657.pdf)
4. **SB 297/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219904.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #312 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #239 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-13** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 133 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d527d6e0-8de6-453d-97e5-b02ba25cebd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).