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+type: "Bill"
+title: "City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County; mayor; limit voting only in the event of a tie of the council"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County, approved April 21, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3538), as amended, so as to limit the mayor to voting only in the event of a tie of the council; 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: "SB 21"
+citation: "Georgia SB 21 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Emanuel Jones", "Gloria Butler", "Tonya Anderson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-26"
+last_action: "2021-04-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22a850ad-9d5a-47f1-9cc9-427ce0728498"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0f7923919e775a854952925bee2f9e80bb2458de130c09f5ad7e029327520d1b"
+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 SB 21 (2021_22) — City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County; mayor; limit voting only in the event of a tie of the council
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County, approved April 21, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3538), as amended, so as to limit the mayor to voting only in the event of a tie of the council; 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. **As introduced LC 47 0652** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195860.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200364.pdf)
+3. **SB 21 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195890.pdf)
+4. **SB 21/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201731.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
+- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
+- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-26** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-01** Act 11 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22a850ad-9d5a-47f1-9cc9-427ce0728498`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+