---
type: "Bill"
title: "Atlanta, City of; change corporate limits"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Atlanta, approved April 15, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4469), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 439"
citation: "Georgia HB 439 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Beskin", "David Dreyer", "Deborah Silcox", "Keisha Waites", "Rich Golick", "Sheila Jones"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2017-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2306c1e6-bef0-4528-a502-38c3cf960622"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5890b22edbaea3ddb736946871858e389239c8bd4d4ebdcdb7d049600eafa8e9"
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 439 (2017_18) — Atlanta, City of; change corporate limits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Atlanta, approved April 15, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4469), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Beskin — primary (person)
- David Dreyer — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Keisha Waites — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21** House Hopper
- **2017-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-09** Veto V6 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2306c1e6-bef0-4528-a502-38c3cf960622`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).