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type: "Bill"
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title: "Holly Springs, City of; election of councilmembers from wards"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "SB 249"
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citation: "Georgia SB 249 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry Loudermilk", "Brandon Beach"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-03-07"
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last_action: "2013-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6481716f-aa51-4ff7-8bf6-1b96200b36c8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "dec5709b279d326ca5a4c254fad2cd8af2c6d43d943d886253561b7d41d21240"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 249 (2013_14) — Holly Springs, City of; election of councilmembers from wards
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 21 2197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133952.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134608.pdf)
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3. **SB 249 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134153.pdf)
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4. **SB 249/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136300.pdf)
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## Votes
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- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Loudermilk — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-03-07** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-04-24** Act 52 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-04-24** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6481716f-aa51-4ff7-8bf6-1b96200b36c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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