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2025-2026 Regular Session

HB797

Homelessness Prevention Act of Chatham County; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Interagency Council on Homelessness for Chatham-Savannah; to provide for a short title and definitions; to provide for findings; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership of the authority and their terms of office; to provide for meetings; to provide for a quorum; to provide for venue; to provide for tax exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for liberal construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
May 1, 2025
Last status update
House Date Signed by Governor
Author
Jesse Petrea
Co-sponsors
Ron StephensCarl GilliardBill Hitchens

Legislative progress

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Sent to Governor April 7, 2025 Governor approved May 1, 2025 Became law May 1, 2025
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Recorded floor votes

2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 27, 2025 · House

Local Calendar : House Vote #317

Passed

164 yea–0 nay · 12 not voting · 4 absent

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March 31, 2025 · Senate

Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #339

Passed

49 yea–0 nay · 5 not voting · 2 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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  1. State Effective Date 2025-05-01
  2. State Act 50
  3. House House Date Signed by Governor
  4. House House Sent to Governor
  5. Senate Senate Passed/Adopted View roll call
  6. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  7. Senate Senate Read and Referred
  8. House House Passed/Adopted View roll call
  9. House House Third Readers
  10. House House Committee Favorably Reported
  11. House House Second Readers
  12. House House First Readers
  13. House House Hopper
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2010585
LegiScan session ID
2167
Source file
var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB797.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00