republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-1407.md

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Bill	Dawson, City of; increase terms of office for future mayors and councilmembers to four years	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Dawson, approved April 2, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3536), so as to increase the terms of office for future mayors and councilmembers to four years; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 1407	Georgia HB 1407 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Gerald Greene	3	13	1	2022-02-22	2022-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/6a6ecc0c-163c-44f7-bb2b-4b9cc9d5fdfe	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7cb0eebbce3369dbc15560bb456d1992a5f0a0ea9a3cc98918731f811982e04f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1407 (2021_22) — Dawson, City of; increase terms of office for future mayors and councilmembers to four years

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Dawson, approved April 2, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3536), so as to increase the terms of office for future mayors and councilmembers to four years; 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 1407/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 1608/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 147–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gerald Greene — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-22 House Hopper
• 2022-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-02-28 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
• 2022-03-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-09 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-18 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-18 Act 635 executive-signature
• 2022-04-18 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a6ecc0c-163c-44f7-bb2b-4b9cc9d5fdfe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).