---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nelson, City of; powers and duties of mayor; provisions; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Nelson, approved April 7, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5615), as amended, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the powers and duties of the mayor; to add powers of the city council regarding city employees; 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: "SB 238"
citation: "Georgia SB 238 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Loudermilk", "Brandon Beach", "John Albers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-28"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2480ba9-df87-4fd4-a60c-4d664450cb92"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c0bdc411d9e1547dfa30da80f97654a678d94dc9e0a2ed8602f12498fef51e8f"
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 SB 238 (2013_14) — Nelson, City of; powers and duties of mayor; provisions; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Nelson, approved April 7, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5615), as amended, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the powers and duties of the mayor; to add powers of the city council regarding city employees; 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. **As introduced LC 40 0274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132777.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134823.pdf)
3. **SB 238 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134133.pdf)
4. **SB 238/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136288.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barry Loudermilk — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-28** Senate Hopper
- **2013-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 51 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2480ba9-df87-4fd4-a60c-4d664450cb92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).