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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Brookhaven, City of; filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Brookhaven in DeKalb County, approved April 16, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5527), as amended, so as to provide for the filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers of more than 12 months; to provide for the filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers of less than 12 months; 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 655"
+citation: "Georgia HB 655 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Becky Evans", "Mary Oliver", "Matthew Wilson", "Scott Holcomb"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-26"
+last_action: "2021-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8bb5d74-5120-4ba0-8b66-43d116d44e0f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "dc07a96ce67a6f9b24f10194aaad541931f582a0595f937810879479c14235c9"
+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 655 (2021_22) — Brookhaven, City of; filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Brookhaven in DeKalb County, approved April 16, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5527), as amended, so as to provide for the filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers of more than 12 months; to provide for the filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers of less than 12 months; 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 655/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200600.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 0802/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198959.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199004.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **140–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Becky Evans — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
+- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-26** House Hopper
+- **2021-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Act 71 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8bb5d74-5120-4ba0-8b66-43d116d44e0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+