---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coolidge, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Coolidge; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 707"
citation: "Georgia HB 707 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Joe Campbell", "John LaHood", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40cd1d8a-4e4b-4ac4-8291-f0e0eb1abc6b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "524f8b41a3b22387f757b1eb8d9a4ffe344c9979b6f66bf44ed91777d5158103"
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 707 (2021_22) — Coolidge, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Coolidge; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal a specific Act; 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 707/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200712.pdf)
2. **LC 48 0361/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199410.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199434.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **140–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Joe Campbell — primary (person)
- John LaHood — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** House Hopper
- **2021-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 75 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40cd1d8a-4e4b-4ac4-8291-f0e0eb1abc6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).