---
type: "Bill"
title: "East Cobb, City of; incorporate"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of East Cobb; to provide a charter; to provide for prior ordinances and rules, pending matters, and existing personnel; 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 East Cobb; 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 841"
citation: "Georgia HB 841 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Setzler", "Matt Dollar", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-29"
last_action: "2022-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74a80e57-6c65-4349-b63f-76bcb3e98d21"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b4aba6958daa12d9caa8761dd4e168a62d578ea3431b7762365bcf8935da38f6"
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 841 (2021_22) — East Cobb, City of; incorporate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of East Cobb; to provide a charter; to provide for prior ordinances and rules, pending matters, and existing personnel; 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 East Cobb; 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 841/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206621.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1103/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201959.pdf)
3. **LC 47 1382S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203341.pdf)
4. **LC 47 1445S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203805.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201968.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 47 1537S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205278.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–63** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — 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`
- **2022-01-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-01-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-01-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-01-27** House Notice to Reconsider
- **2022-02-01** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2022-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-02-14** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-02-15** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-15** Act 311 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-15** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74a80e57-6c65-4349-b63f-76bcb3e98d21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).