---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coolidge, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Coolidge; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; 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 3"
citation: "Georgia HB 3 (2021_ss)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-11-03"
last_action: "2021-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d3af59e-c529-4dca-b13e-6687a758cb12"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e124684ef53412ddc208b7317f258cdb0463e8b073c76c7ee0c4e990244e29a1"
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 3 (2021_ss) — Coolidge, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Coolidge; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; 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 3EX/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2021EX/203021)
2. **LC 47 1131/a** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2021EX/202716)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2021EX/202721)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **163–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-03** House Hopper
- **2021-11-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-11-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-11-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-11-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-11-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-11-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-08** Act 3EX `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-08** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d3af59e-c529-4dca-b13e-6687a758cb12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).