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type: "Bill"
title: "Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; add two additional directors"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority, approved May 3, 2017 (Ga. L. 2017, p. 3729), so as to add two additional directors; to provide for the appointment and initial terms of such directors; 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 1539"
citation: "Georgia HB 1539 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Burchett", "John Corbett", "Steven Meeks", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-08"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ee19481-7823-46b5-8645-7b16799b79d0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f603127905ebf959c3d3c80ec3fd7a882c51023d0430d1ce01134b92b6584452"
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 1539 (2021_22) — Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; add two additional directors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority, approved May 3, 2017 (Ga. L. 2017, p. 3729), so as to add two additional directors; to provide for the appointment and initial terms of such directors; 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 1539/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210770.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1667/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208674.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208704.pdf)
## Votes
- Supplemental Local Calendar — **152–12** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- James Burchett — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-08** House Hopper
- **2022-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 673 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ee19481-7823-46b5-8645-7b16799b79d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).