---
type: "Bill"
title: "Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center; limit on indebtedness; increase"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue bonds for the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center, so as to increase the limit on indebtedness; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 221"
citation: "Georgia HB 221 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bert Reeves", "Calvin Smyre", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Jodi Lott", "Terry Rogers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2523a32-4054-4f75-8720-5fe202a184e9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "60f89e16eb5e62c2713f37c94621da3e28ec61832abe587d68b98aec0f1541e7"
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 221 (2019_20) — Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center; limit on indebtedness; increase

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue bonds for the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center, so as to increase the limit on indebtedness; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 221/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186285.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1067-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180925.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **164–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Act 141 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2523a32-4054-4f75-8720-5fe202a184e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).