---
type: "Bill"
title: "LaVista Hills, City of; DeKalb County; incorporate"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of LaVista Hills in DeKalb County; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 520"
citation: "Georgia HB 520 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Ed Rynders", "Scott Holcomb", "Tom Taylor"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-02"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66529d9e-2a34-4e0e-ab6c-96f9822d6309"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0a09ccd6ae59f0f6958230e415cf8a71bc1ffaa6cdbe49003ebb43e1429bc175"
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 520 (2015_16) — LaVista Hills, City of; DeKalb County; incorporate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of LaVista Hills in DeKalb County; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Floor Amendment - AM 28 1444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153199.pdf)
2. **Floor Amendment AM 28 1388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150766.pdf)
3. **HB 520/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153767.pdf)
4. **HB 520/FA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150772.pdf)
5. **LC 28 7534ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149644.pdf)
6. **LC 28 7688S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153609.pdf)
7. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 7637ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151767.pdf)
8. **Sen floor am 1 AM 28 1416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152354.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **129–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Tom Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-02** House Hopper
- **2015-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** House Postponed
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Transmitted House
- **2015-03-31** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-03-31** Senate Insisted
- **2015-04-02** House Insisted
- **2015-04-02** House Conference Committee Appointed 79th, 102nd, 152nd
- **2015-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 56th, 40th, 41st
- **2015-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2015-04-02** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 242 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66529d9e-2a34-4e0e-ab6c-96f9822d6309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).