---
type: "Bill"
title: "Canton, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Canton; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1597"
citation: "Georgia HB 1597 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Charlice Byrd", "John Carson", "Mandi Ballinger", "Wes Cantrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-23"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cd6e9c6-dfa7-426d-bf01-f7105a010b9b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6f8da5cd04f4cc9d63bd7e28fdfad9b45be47c81a9a9186aa254e209315f4dc7"
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 1597 (2021_22) — Canton, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Canton; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; 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 1597/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210991.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1761/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210140.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210148.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **148–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
- Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-23** House Hopper
- **2022-03-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-29** 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 696 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cd6e9c6-dfa7-426d-bf01-f7105a010b9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).