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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Vinings, City of; incorporate"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Vinings; to provide a charter; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates and transitional provisions governing the transfer of various functions and responsibilities from Cobb County to the City of Vinings; to provide for severability; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 840"
+citation: "Georgia HB 840 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Carson", "Matt Dollar"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-29"
+last_action: "2022-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6971548-16c9-4584-b48a-1f9a223db9a7"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "f710a3713c350ac9bf1e7afb9cb77e4627f28313318e01c9ea4e129c120c31ed"
+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 HB 840 (2021_22) — Vinings, City of; incorporate
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Vinings; to provide a charter; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates and transitional provisions governing the transfer of various functions and responsibilities from Cobb County to the City of Vinings; to provide for severability; to provide for effective dates; 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. **HB 840/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207179.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 1100/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201960.pdf)
+3. **LC 47 1472S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205353.pdf)
+4. **LC 47 1472S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205077.pdf)
+5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201967.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **99–56** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Carson — primary (person)
+- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-29** House Hopper
+- **2021-03-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-02-07** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
+- **2022-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-02-23** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-02-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-02-23** Act 518 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-02-23** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6971548-16c9-4584-b48a-1f9a223db9a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+