---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Authorities; ability of city housing authorities to operate outside municipal boundaries without authorization; limit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for housing authorities, so as to limit the ability of city housing authorities to operate outside municipal boundaries without authorization; to revise a definition; 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: "SB 144"
citation: "Georgia SB 144 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6032d5c-2783-450a-8ded-fd6487e4aa40"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6ea4d027b044a1d0adb319c2cbe39323dace6059289974845ea526cd08771d4e"
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 SB 144 (2021_22) — Housing Authorities; ability of city housing authorities to operate outside municipal boundaries without authorization; limit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for housing authorities, so as to limit the ability of city housing authorities to operate outside municipal boundaries without authorization; to revise a definition; 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. **As introduced LC 47 0636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197302.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199990.pdf)
3. **LC 47 1071S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201804.pdf)
4. **SB 144/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202192.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **36–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-08** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 211 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6032d5c-2783-450a-8ded-fd6487e4aa40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).