---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pelham, City of; reduce size of city council; revise powers of mayor"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Pelham, approved April 28, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3859), so as to reduce the size of the city council; to revise the power of the mayor to vote at city council meetings; to revise when newly elected mayors or council members take office; to provide for election by plurality of votes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "Georgia HB 357 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Campbell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7598221f-e15a-47d4-aa43-f4cc8da48e9b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6c00d0f55e45dcdbb1c3534aa98462a325b58a6d6f58e7af67413bd897164d88"
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 357 (2021_22) — Pelham, City of; reduce size of city council; revise powers of mayor

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Pelham, approved April 28, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3859), so as to reduce the size of the city council; to revise the power of the mayor to vote at city council meetings; to revise when newly elected mayors or council members take office; to provide for election by plurality of votes; to provide for related matters; 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 357/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198417.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0738/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197016.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197049.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **162–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** House Hopper
- **2021-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 52 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7598221f-e15a-47d4-aa43-f4cc8da48e9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).