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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Canton, City of; provide new charter"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Canton; 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_22"
+identifier: "HB 1597"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1597 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Charlice Byrd", "John Carson", "Mandi Ballinger", "Wes Cantrell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-23"
+last_action: "2022-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cd6e9c6-dfa7-426d-bf01-f7105a010b9b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "6f8da5cd04f4cc9d63bd7e28fdfad9b45be47c81a9a9186aa254e209315f4dc7"
+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 1597 (2021_22) — Canton, City of; provide new charter
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Canton; 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 1597/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210991.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 1761/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210140.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210148.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **148–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
+- Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
+- John Carson — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-23** House Hopper
+- **2022-03-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-03-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-25** Act 696 `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/4cd6e9c6-dfa7-426d-bf01-f7105a010b9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+