---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lithonia, City of; change corporate limits"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Lithonia in DeKalb County, Georgia, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4586), so as to change the corporate limits of the city; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for contingent effective dates and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 761"
citation: "Georgia HB 761 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dar'shun Kendrick", "Doreen Carter", "Karen Bennett", "Karla Drenner", "Rhonda Taylor", "Viola Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-16"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a7ccf5c-4495-412d-acee-e9c02d477983"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6c9ad12138bffbd3a77b5f00889a401622c046fbf68b8c6b41f69d410e6e4a34"
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 761 (2021_22) — Lithonia, City of; change corporate limits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Lithonia in DeKalb County, Georgia, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4586), so as to change the corporate limits of the city; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for contingent effective dates and automatic repeal; 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 761/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202415.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0947/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200500.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200536.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
- Doreen Carter — primary (person)
- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
- Rhonda Taylor — primary (person)
- Viola Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16** House Hopper
- **2021-03-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 108 `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/0a7ccf5c-4495-412d-acee-e9c02d477983`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).