---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia House of Representatives Redistricting Act of 2021; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the composition and number of state house districts; to provide for a short title; to provide when members of the House of Representatives elected shall take office; to provide for the continuation of the present representative districts until a certain time; to provide that the provisions of this Act shall supersede and replace a districting plan and certain changes thereto; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal specific Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_ss"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Georgia HB 1 (2021_ss)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Rich"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-11-03"
last_action: "2021-12-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5814c9d5-3a14-4fc2-a51e-f6b5240f41b1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "994356f5a0b48f372e6e7781eae8cb631891d994dd360a6f67dd0378e1923dc3"
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 1 (2021_ss) — Georgia House of Representatives Redistricting Act of 2021; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the composition and number of state house districts; to provide for a short title; to provide when members of the House of Representatives elected shall take office; to provide for the continuation of the present representative districts until a certain time; to provide that the provisions of this Act shall supersede and replace a districting plan and certain changes thereto; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal specific Acts; 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 1EX/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2021EX/202864)
2. **LC 47 1162/a** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2021EX/202711)
3. **LC 47 1163S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2021EX/202796)
4. **LC 47 1163S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2021EX/202784)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **99–79** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-03** House Hopper
- **2021-11-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-11-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-11-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-11-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-11-10** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-11-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-11-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-11-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-30** Act 6EX `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5814c9d5-3a14-4fc2-a51e-f6b5240f41b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).