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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Thomaston, City of; provide new charter"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Thomaston; to provide for related matters; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 695"
+citation: "Georgia HB 695 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f308f1aa-6e40-4a01-bc54-8e8516ce0884"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "a94cfaa66a8007b946c94b4296084f825c5dde7136d2561ef3ae7300c0037428"
+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 695 (2023_24) — Thomaston, City of; provide new charter
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Thomaston; to provide for related matters; to repeal a specific Act; 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 695/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219553.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 2247/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217326.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217344.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #242 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beth Camp — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Act 184 `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/f308f1aa-6e40-4a01-bc54-8e8516ce0884`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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