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type: "Bill"
title: "Sandy Springs, City of; city council; change description of districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the City of Sandy Springs in Fulton County, approved April 15, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3515), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts for the city council; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 601"
citation: "Georgia HB 601 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy Holland", "Deborah Silcox", "Esther Panitch", "Shea Roberts"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/726e45c8-e525-4b29-be71-51a8a9b98617"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f87055e7af69acdba476fdad6d6aef0a63a542ca8752357ec56256e6c5cbb6ec"
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 601 (2023_24) — Sandy Springs, City of; city council; change description of districts
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the City of Sandy Springs in Fulton County, approved April 15, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3515), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts for the city council; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; 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 601/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218641.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2180/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216088.pdf)
3. **LC 47 2386S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217609.pdf)
4. **LC 47 2386S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217608.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216180.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #222 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #243 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Betsy Holland — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Esther Panitch — primary (person)
- Shea Roberts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-27** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 156 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/726e45c8-e525-4b29-be71-51a8a9b98617`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).