---
type: "Bill"
title: "Smyrna, City of; annexation of certain territory into city boundaries; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Smyrna, approved August 27, 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 955), as amended, so as to provide for the annexation of certain territory into the boundaries of the city; 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 1538"
citation: "Georgia HB 1538 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erica Thomas", "Erick Allen", "Michael Smith", "Sharon Cooper", "Sheila Jones", "Teri Anulewicz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-08"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/857b882c-2391-455e-9c4d-2052d88d6bfc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d5338ecfe5ef4952d7e8d1773137f8091a1e5b6467626d01678c63e6dd35ae83"
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 1538 (2021_22) — Smyrna, City of; annexation of certain territory into city boundaries; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Smyrna, approved August 27, 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 955), as amended, so as to provide for the annexation of certain territory into the boundaries of the city; 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 1538/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210980.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1658/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208644.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208703.pdf)

## Votes

- Supplemental Local Calendar — **152–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Erica Thomas — primary (person)
- Erick Allen — primary (person)
- Michael Smith — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-08** House Hopper
- **2022-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Veto V2 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/857b882c-2391-455e-9c4d-2052d88d6bfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).