---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trion, Town of; provide for continuation/support of independent school system of the town"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Trion, approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5099), so as to provide for the continuation and support of the independent school system of the town; to provide limitations on the holding of other offices by the school superintendent and members of the board of education; 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 257"
citation: "Georgia SB 257 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Mullis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14b88729-8d44-4635-acc9-8d5c4922104c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a71e08221bccf4b800b23be7ec9112ad6202e34f6321f47ce79c1870ca990ed3"
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 257 (2013_14) — Trion, Town of; provide for continuation/support of independent school system of the town

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Trion, approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5099), so as to provide for the continuation and support of the independent school system of the town; to provide limitations on the holding of other offices by the school superintendent and members of the board of education; 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 34 3658** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134814.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135561.pdf)
3. **SB 257 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137218.pdf)
4. **SB 257/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136985.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-20** Senate Hopper
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 233 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14b88729-8d44-4635-acc9-8d5c4922104c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).