---
type: "Bill"
title: "Woodland, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Woodland; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1579"
citation: "Georgia HB 1579 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Buckner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-18"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a49d3a2e-851f-493d-bb42-fe1f41ba26e3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7fcd0220da7eb791742540b410548312065b60ed0bb6d3af5a24df98cf598e1e"
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 1579 (2021_22) — Woodland, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Woodland; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal a specific Act; 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 1579/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210986.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2080/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209830.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209842.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-18** House Hopper
- **2022-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-22** 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`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 686 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a49d3a2e-851f-493d-bb42-fe1f41ba26e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).