---
type: "Bill"
title: "Worth County Building Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Worth County Building Authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; 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 1573"
citation: "Georgia HB 1573 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-16"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9d7b2a6-4b6e-4c91-9573-9f5db59e7969"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "98812292a93fa744749833cc731e29d51f5a5a280cceac0a60706e315d3a6b82"
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 1573 (2021_22) — Worth County Building Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Worth County Building Authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; 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 1573/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210545.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1752/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209746.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209747.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bill Yearta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-16** House Hopper
- **2022-03-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-18** 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`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 684 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9d7b2a6-4b6e-4c91-9573-9f5db59e7969`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).