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type: "Bill"
title: "City of Thomson; description of the election districts for the members of the city council; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Thomson, approved March 15, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 2132), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 27, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 3828), so as to change the description of the election districts for the members of the city council; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of the 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: "SB 559"
citation: "Georgia SB 559 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Max Burns"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fa9c8f8-d0ec-45bd-8f4b-6a81e7efb071"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "93f60eeec65ffd61b2afba30e57060be77969dbe3a10a86edd4ee913e1a04957"
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 559 (2021_22) — City of Thomson; description of the election districts for the members of the city council; change
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Thomson, approved March 15, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 2132), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 27, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 3828), so as to change the description of the election districts for the members of the city council; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of the 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. **As introduced LC 47 1302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207534.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208177.pdf)
3. **SB 559 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207545.pdf)
4. **SB 559/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208838.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **45–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Max Burns — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-24** Senate Hopper
- **2022-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-22** Act 580 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-22** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fa9c8f8-d0ec-45bd-8f4b-6a81e7efb071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).