---
type: "Bill"
title: "Columbus, City of; tax for public health care purposes; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the county-wide government of Columbus, Georgia, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4978), as amended, so as authorize a tax for public health care purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1418"
citation: "Georgia HB 1418 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-22"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/698a3c4a-c8d7-4678-bead-0a55f9abb503"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c0e0fd36e0bfea49d5e8c797743240cc13e41204df706279b3dd4a8e094b3fe9"
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 1418 (2021_22) — Columbus, City of; tax for public health care purposes; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the county-wide government of Columbus, Georgia, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4978), as amended, so as authorize a tax for public health care purposes; to provide for related matters; 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 1418/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209717.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1977/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207270.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207311.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **153–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-22** House Hopper
- **2022-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Act 639 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/698a3c4a-c8d7-4678-bead-0a55f9abb503`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).