--- type: "Bill" title: "Royston, City of; city council posts; provide" description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Royston, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5918), so as to provide for city council posts; to revise election procedures; to update references to applicable general law; to revise provisions regarding election by plurality; to repeal outdated and expired provisions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."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 768" citation: "Georgia HB 768 (2021_22)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell"] version_count: 3 action_count: 13 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2021-03-16" last_action: "2021-05-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a1da3f4-1cbf-46d0-9372-b9a3a05a5403" source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl" source_hash: "86882f93e0ea7151b99f7b22605098d554e4702b9012217e2a2402752505c71b" 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 768 (2021_22) — Royston, City of; city council posts; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Royston, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5918), so as to provide for city council posts; to revise election procedures; to update references to applicable general law; to revise provisions regarding election by plurality; to repeal outdated and expired provisions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.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 768/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202422.pdf) 2. **LC 47 0951/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200508.pdf) 3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200541.pdf) ## Votes - Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Alan Powell — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-03-16** House Hopper - **2021-03-17** House First Readers `reading-1` - **2021-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2` - **2021-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3` - **2021-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage` - **2021-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee` - **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage` - **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2021-05-03** Act 90 `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/5a1da3f4-1cbf-46d0-9372-b9a3a05a5403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).