---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vinings, City of; incorporate"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Vinings; to provide a charter; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates and transitional provisions governing the transfer of various functions and responsibilities from Cobb County to the City of Vinings; to provide for severability; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 840"
citation: "Georgia HB 840 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Carson", "Matt Dollar"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-29"
last_action: "2022-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6971548-16c9-4584-b48a-1f9a223db9a7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f710a3713c350ac9bf1e7afb9cb77e4627f28313318e01c9ea4e129c120c31ed"
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 840 (2021_22) — Vinings, City of; incorporate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Vinings; to provide a charter; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates and transitional provisions governing the transfer of various functions and responsibilities from Cobb County to the City of Vinings; to provide for severability; to provide for effective dates; 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 840/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207179.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1100/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201960.pdf)
3. **LC 47 1472S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205353.pdf)
4. **LC 47 1472S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205077.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201967.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **99–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Carson — primary (person)
- Matt Dollar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-29** House Hopper
- **2021-03-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-01-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-02-07** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2022-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-23** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-23** Act 518 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-23** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6971548-16c9-4584-b48a-1f9a223db9a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).