---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lovejoy, City of; provide for a governing authority"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Lovejoy in the County of Clayton, approved March 31, 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 3897), as amended, so as to provide for a governing authority; to create districts for the election of members of the governing authority; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "Georgia HB 549 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Bazemore", "Demetrius Douglas", "Mike Glanton", "Rhonda Burnough", "Sandra Scott", "Valencia Stovall"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-06"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c12eb57-450c-4925-9f7e-d77fdcc079d0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "89dc5c1e7dec9bc68f0228bf43beae3a8ceff45a247467ecc657d8eeb5c7f0b3"
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 549 (2017_18) — Lovejoy, City of; provide for a governing authority

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Lovejoy in the County of Clayton, approved March 31, 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 3897), as amended, so as to provide for a governing authority; to create districts for the election of members of the governing authority; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Local Calendar without HB 562 — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
- Valencia Stovall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-06** House Hopper
- **2017-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Veto V6 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c12eb57-450c-4925-9f7e-d77fdcc079d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).