---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lawrenceville, City of; provide a new charter; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Lawrenceville; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, powers, and construction; to provide for a governing authority and its membership, elections, and terms; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 594"
citation: "Georgia HB 594 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Buzz Brockway", "Chuck Efstration", "Joyce Chandler", "Sam Park"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bb747bc-eaaf-4c20-ae7a-cd1756f84078"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5c93f2525c4c858e2e8f58ec95492ad4dc624e4d6d0a2d9350cb438af81059c9"
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 594 (2017_18) — Lawrenceville, City of; provide a new charter; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Lawrenceville; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, powers, and construction; to provide for a governing authority and its membership, elections, and terms; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; 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 — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
- Sam Park — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-15** House Hopper
- **2017-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Act 155 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bb747bc-eaaf-4c20-ae7a-cd1756f84078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).