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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cordele, City of; transition office of chairperson to at large commission member"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele, approved July 29, 2020 (Ga. L. 2020, p. 4122), so as to transition the office of chairperson to at large commission member; to provide for a mayor to be selected by and among the commission members; to redesignate the office of vice chairperson to mayor pro tempore; to revise voting and quorum provisions related to the commission; to make conforming changes; to provide that the city manager shall recommend the annual budget to the commission in place of the chairperson; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1438"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1438 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Noel Williams, Jr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-29"
+last_action: "2024-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca355fdb-e4d9-4133-8e86-0c948ff4bba4"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "a53290e03a31e423d795df8f3fd27ec7bc6735529df03a66cb0fd1dabec374a9"
+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 1438 (2023_24) — Cordele, City of; transition office of chairperson to at large commission member
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele, approved July 29, 2020 (Ga. L. 2020, p. 4122), so as to transition the office of chairperson to at large commission member; to provide for a mayor to be selected by and among the commission members; to redesignate the office of vice chairperson to mayor pro tempore; to revise voting and quorum provisions related to the commission; to make conforming changes; to provide that the city manager shall recommend the annual budget to the commission in place of the chairperson; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 1438/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228139.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 2882/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226166.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226175.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #712 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #665 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-29** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-21** 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 663 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca355fdb-e4d9-4133-8e86-0c948ff4bba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+