---
type: "Bill"
title: "Doraville, City of; change corporate limits; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating the City of Doraville in the County of DeKalb, approved October 13, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 2154), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits; to authorize certain tax exemptions; to prohibit certain annexation efforts; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 1138"
citation: "Georgia HB 1138 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Holcomb", "Tom Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-03-10"
last_action: "2014-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54271db7-ae82-4a02-880a-004cb5f2f8e4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "eaaf578b2339fe7d885c6d1fdadc6b156ecf8d9ead55e0a6bd5776acd24eb347"
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 1138 (2013_14) — Doraville, City of; change corporate limits; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating the City of Doraville in the County of DeKalb, approved October 13, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 2154), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits; to authorize certain tax exemptions; to prohibit certain annexation efforts; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 1138/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145019.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7177ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142991.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Tom Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-03-10** House Hopper
- **2014-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-29** Act 654 `executive-signature`
- **2014-12-31** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54271db7-ae82-4a02-880a-004cb5f2f8e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).