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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; dates for special elections; question related to sales and use taxes for transportation; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 21-2-540 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of special primaries and special elections generally, so as to revise provisions relating to dates for special elections to present a question related to sales and use taxes for transportation, mass transportation, or transit special districts to the voters in even-numbered years; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 907"
citation: "Georgia HB 907 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J Collins", "Rob Leverett", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17afc7a5-fd38-4347-b85c-4b23b83b9b30"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "65575961a52a73ff8390b3b31bc4acf49b4ff21e3d4f59c37895aa407c453088"
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 907 (2021_22) — Elections; dates for special elections; question related to sales and use taxes for transportation; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 21-2-540 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of special primaries and special elections generally, so as to revise provisions relating to dates for special elections to present a question related to sales and use taxes for transportation, mass transportation, or transit special districts to the voters in even-numbered years; 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 907/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206620.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1148/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203372.pdf)
3. **LC 47 1485S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204914.pdf)
4. **LC 47 1485S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204218.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1964S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206242.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **137–29** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- J Collins — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-13** House Hopper
- **2022-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-02-02** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2022-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-02-14** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-02-15** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-15** Act 310 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-15** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17afc7a5-fd38-4347-b85c-4b23b83b9b30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).