---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Community Affairs; approving transfer of Forsyth County from Georgia Mountains Regional Commission to Atlanta Regional Commission; ratify action"
description: "A RESOLUTION ratifying the action of the Board of Community Affairs approving of the transfer of Forsyth County from the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission to the Atlanta Regional Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HR 130"
citation: "Georgia HR 130 (2021_22)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lauren McDonald", "Sheri Gilligan", "Todd Jones", "Wes Cantrell", "Will Wade"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45b9e161-f0c7-45a7-9f4d-f20a5ae260be"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4970fb738744e4e3141452aeac43ead4ca2f112244e728cd66b9534c8ffc18da"
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 HR 130 (2021_22) — Board of Community Affairs; approving transfer of Forsyth County from Georgia Mountains Regional Commission to Atlanta Regional Commission; ratify action

A RESOLUTION ratifying the action of the Board of Community Affairs approving of the transfer of Forsyth County from the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission to the Atlanta Regional Commission.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HR 130/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202559.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1629/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197379.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1725S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200359.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **163–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
- Sheri Gilligan — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** House Hopper
- **2021-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10** Act 296 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45b9e161-f0c7-45a7-9f4d-f20a5ae260be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).