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type: "Bill"
title: "Claxton, City of; powers and election of the mayor and city council; restate and revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant a new charter for the City of Claxton in the County of Evans, approved April 5, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 3312), as amended, so as restate and revise provisions relating to the powers and election of the mayor and city council; to revise city council districts; to provide definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuance in office for current members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1605"
citation: "Georgia HB 1605 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-28"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4444a3f-a5f2-4d9b-aa21-bd1076e638d2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "addce65b5ffc480a5f6bda8e31fd084f0fda21e7490e5f5c274253f9c8f5a7b3"
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 HB 1605 (2021_22) — Claxton, City of; powers and election of the mayor and city council; restate and revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant a new charter for the City of Claxton in the County of Evans, approved April 5, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 3312), as amended, so as restate and revise provisions relating to the powers and election of the mayor and city council; to revise city council districts; to provide definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuance in office for current members; 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 1605/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211363.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1811/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210616.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210631.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **159–5** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-28** House Hopper
- **2022-03-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-30** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-11** Act 590 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-11** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4444a3f-a5f2-4d9b-aa21-bd1076e638d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).