---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority; provide for definitions; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 10 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the continuation in office of the members of the authority; to provide for membership, appointment, and qualifications; to repeal provisions relating to joint operation between the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame; to revise the corporate purposes and general powers; to provide for jurisdiction of actions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1516"
citation: "Georgia HB 1516 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower", "Spencer Frye"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f526a98b-7393-478f-b6f7-025c390e39be"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "58e4500b38cdbc981d2d2e5acb9e52dbc4945e5437f5c1108afb2ff9ee0fc4eb"
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 1516 (2021_22) — Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority; provide for definitions; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 10 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the continuation in office of the members of the authority; to provide for membership, appointment, and qualifications; to repeal provisions relating to joint operation between the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame; to revise the corporate purposes and general powers; to provide for jurisdiction of actions; to provide for related matters; 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 1516/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212205.pdf)
2. **LC 50 0372/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208309.pdf)
3. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 50 0026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211526.pdf)
4. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 50 0032** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211979.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** House Hopper
- **2022-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
- **2022-04-01** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-04-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Act 844 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f526a98b-7393-478f-b6f7-025c390e39be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).