---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evans 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 for Evans County, approved August 16, 1915 (Ga. L. 1915, p. 220), as amended, so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1226"
citation: "Georgia HB 1226 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2023-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f64ed920-00e6-4bcb-b569-69956b2a1d23"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ab0fe6a7c61a2ad5507c30e81fa5bd3ad7c127d822ef96b4f8c830829189558e"
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 1226 (2021_22) — Evans County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners for Evans County, approved August 16, 1915 (Ga. L. 1915, p. 220), as amended, so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 1226/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206689.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1470/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205374.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205393.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **144–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** House Hopper
- **2022-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-15** 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 476 `executive-signature`
- **2023-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f64ed920-00e6-4bcb-b569-69956b2a1d23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).