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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Blakely, City of; provide new charter"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Blakely; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the exercise of powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, prohibitions, elections, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for conflict of interest and holding other offices; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1401"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1401 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-26"
+last_action: "2024-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba15579a-90fd-4638-8033-51605645a8ea"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "73b3780ec8c5e0b379bc5c3e287f7239df4edf51037881b53b82efdb4a2a5ece"
+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 1401 (2023_24) — Blakely, City of; provide new charter
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Blakely; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the exercise of powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, prohibitions, elections, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for conflict of interest and holding other offices; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; 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 1401/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227595.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 2905/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225513.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225550.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #660 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 656 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba15579a-90fd-4638-8033-51605645a8ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+