republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-249.md

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Bill	Holly Springs, City of; election of councilmembers from wards	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Holly Springs, approved March 18, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3281), as amended, particularly by that Act approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3679), so as to provide for the election of councilmembers from wards; to provide that such officers shall be elected by plurality vote of the electors of the city at large; to provide for submission for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 249	Georgia SB 249 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Barry Loudermilk Brandon Beach	4	13	1	2013-03-07	2013-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/6481716f-aa51-4ff7-8bf6-1b96200b36c8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	dec5709b279d326ca5a4c254fad2cd8af2c6d43d943d886253561b7d41d21240	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 249 (2013_14) — Holly Springs, City of; election of councilmembers from wards

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Holly Springs, approved March 18, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3281), as amended, particularly by that Act approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3679), so as to provide for the election of councilmembers from wards; to provide that such officers shall be elected by plurality vote of the electors of the city at large; to provide for submission for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 21 2197 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 249 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 249/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barry Loudermilk — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-07 Senate Hopper
• 2013-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-14 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 52 executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6481716f-aa51-4ff7-8bf6-1b96200b36c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).