---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government; definition of small business; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to small business assistance, so as to change the definition of small business; 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 611"
citation: "Georgia HB 611 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Werkheiser", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Jon Burns", "Mike Cheokas", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/077f721d-cf3c-4b7b-990f-13bf2ca209db"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9e1b42d589d3261fdf684b3d94b5cacf1157fcf092e34deec16c743071021621"
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 611 (2021_22) — State government; definition of small business; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to small business assistance, so as to change the definition of small business; 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 611/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202539.pdf)
2. **LC 50 0185/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198483.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 50 0214S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200714.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **169–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** House Hopper
- **2021-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 161 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/077f721d-cf3c-4b7b-990f-13bf2ca209db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).