---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Carrollton; description of the election wards for the city council; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Carrollton, approved September 9, 1891 (Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 474), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 14, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3542), so as to change the description of the election wards for the city council; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 549"
citation: "Georgia SB 549 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-22"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e02da22d-8de1-4d49-a794-769487f6ab11"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "685aafc164ff5fe43c9e7cb420b7cbbf51f78271c77f52b67e727b16fb909e98"
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 SB 549 (2021_22) — City of Carrollton; description of the election wards for the city council; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Carrollton, approved September 9, 1891 (Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 474), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 14, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3542), so as to change the description of the election wards for the city council; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207760.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 1458** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207375.pdf)
3. **SB 549 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207377.pdf)
4. **SB 549/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208431.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-22** Senate Hopper
- **2022-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-22** Act 577 `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/e02da22d-8de1-4d49-a794-769487f6ab11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).