---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dougherty County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Dougherty County, approved March 4, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 834), as amended, so as to change the description of the commission districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of certain current board members; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1204"
citation: "Georgia HB 1204 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CaMia Hopson", "Gerald Greene", "Winfred Dukes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/201a9884-8ace-4664-a124-083ca16221c7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "98869882fe581f76ff222331b189af73653aa65bf7bc393c0ce16c6261c8d294"
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 1204 (2021_22) — Dougherty County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Dougherty County, approved March 4, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 834), as amended, so as to change the description of the commission districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of certain current board members; to provide for effective dates; 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 1204/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206438.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1318/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205234.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205305.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **147–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CaMia Hopson — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Winfred Dukes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-03** House Hopper
- **2022-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-02-16** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-17** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-17** Act 503 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-17** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/201a9884-8ace-4664-a124-083ca16221c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).