---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cairo, City of; city council; change description of districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Cairo, approved April 28, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3773), so as to change the description of the council districts; to define certain terms and provide for certain inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1574"
citation: "Georgia HB 1574 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Joe Campbell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-17"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2a6f674-e32f-4b42-ac06-68afe0870bb2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d23deb4844f0b0f8ab6e9bfe1e56b2fda3f6a33a2528e7598d2a6e18901bc8a9"
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 1574 (2021_22) — Cairo, City of; city council; change description of districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Cairo, approved April 28, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3773), so as to change the description of the council districts; to define certain terms and provide for certain inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide 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 1574/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210984.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1907/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209795.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209803.pdf)

## Votes

- Supplemental Local Calendar — **152–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Joe Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-17** House Hopper
- **2022-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-25** 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`
- **2022-04-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-11** Act 592 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-11** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2a6f674-e32f-4b42-ac06-68afe0870bb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).