---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reynolds, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Reynolds; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, powers, and construction; to provide for a governing authority, its election, and terms; to provide for vacancies; to provide for related matters; 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 937"
citation: "Georgia HB 937 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patty Bentley"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86f38fc-2b46-4fc3-8cbf-803e1b6cd9bc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a385c98f8ecdb7436fff0d3ae270f3ca105758e876418117197389d0ed0c6e2f"
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 937 (2017_18) — Reynolds, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Reynolds; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, powers, and construction; to provide for a governing authority, its election, and terms; to provide for vacancies; to provide for related matters; 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 — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patty Bentley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** House Hopper
- **2018-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 477 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86f38fc-2b46-4fc3-8cbf-803e1b6cd9bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).