Homelessness Prevention Act of Chatham County; enact
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 18, 2025
Signed May 1, 2025
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What changed between versions
LC 62 0142/a
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HB 797/AP*
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The bill text was updated to reflect that it has passed both the House and Senate, and the version identifier was changed from LC 62 0142 to LC 62 0142/AP. These are primarily administrative updates tracking the bill's legislative progress rather than substantive policy changes.
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Added '(AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)' to the bill title to indicate its current legislative status.
Updated the version identifier from LC 62 0142 to LC 62 0142/AP to track the amended version.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2025 · House Mar 27, 2025
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 55
Mar 31, 2025
D
Democratic22
81% Yea
R
Republican33
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
Act 50
upper
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Hitchens
RRepublican
P
Carl Gilliard
DDemocratic
P
Jesse Petrea
RRepublican
P
Ron Stephens
RRepublican
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