---
type: "Bill"
title: "Porterdale, City of; provide for certain appropriations; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled \"An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Porterdale,\" approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5272), so as to provide for certain appropriations; to provide for certain codes and regulations; to change provisions relative to the management of public property; to change provisions relating to voting by the city council; to change the powers and duties of the mayor; to change provisions relating to the mayor's veto; to provide for duties of the mayor pro tempore; to provide for members of boards and commissions; to provide that the city clerk shall be under the supervision of the city manager; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 901"
citation: "Georgia HB 901 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pam Dickerson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-03"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d8c54a7-e2d1-429b-8e2b-5d4ec20b749a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "283020f43ee24dede45b16486c6db3938a062a548213d40c7f848f361a7af5d8"
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 901 (2013_14) — Porterdale, City of; provide for certain appropriations; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Porterdale," approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5272), so as to provide for certain appropriations; to provide for certain codes and regulations; to change provisions relative to the management of public property; to change provisions relating to voting by the city council; to change the powers and duties of the mayor; to change provisions relating to the mayor's veto; to provide for duties of the mayor pro tempore; to provide for members of boards and commissions; to provide that the city clerk shall be under the supervision of the city manager; 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. **HB 901/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140616.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2338/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138703.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pam Dickerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-03** House Hopper
- **2014-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Act 381 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d8c54a7-e2d1-429b-8e2b-5d4ec20b749a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).