---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carlton, City of; provide for a new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Carlton; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to repeal a specific Act; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 253"
citation: "Georgia SB 253 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Ginn"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-13"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a485199-113d-4724-b0a4-20dcfb2e0bc1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3fef39892cbb3e9fc30b2340dfbd003eedbf5b9bb53c2e354aeeb6936cd4b7dd"
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 253 (2013_14) — Carlton, City of; provide for a new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Carlton; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to repeal a specific Act; to provide for an effective date; 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 37 1601** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134342.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135107.pdf)
3. **Floor sub LC 37 1631S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135065.pdf)
4. **LC 37 1635S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135640.pdf)
5. **SB 253 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137206.pdf)
6. **SB253/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136996.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank Ginn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-13** Senate Hopper
- **2013-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 49 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a485199-113d-4724-b0a4-20dcfb2e0bc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).