---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Stockbridge; corporate limits of such municipality; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality; to provide for city council districts; to provide definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuance in office for current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for contingent effective dates and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 612"
citation: "Georgia SB 612 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Emanuel Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-08"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef4c3789-23ba-4800-a8ce-51ef9a66f328"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fea98711e69a2f0840f719890933cb94c5119d5f1e104532553d02b8056fac77"
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 612 (2021_22) — City of Stockbridge; corporate limits of such municipality; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality; to provide for city council districts; to provide definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuance in office for current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for contingent effective dates and automatic repeal; 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 introduced LC 47 1681** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208558.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209019.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1 AM 47 0047** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211583.pdf)
4. **LC 47 1767S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210255.pdf)
5. **SB 612 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208559.pdf)
6. **SB 612/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211962.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-08** Senate Hopper
- **2022-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 705 `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/ef4c3789-23ba-4800-a8ce-51ef9a66f328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).