---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tybee Island, City of; filling of vacancies; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Tybee Island, approved April 20, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4462), as amended, so as to provide for the filling of vacancies; to provide for the election and duties of a mayor pro tem; to provide for elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 590"
citation: "Georgia HB 590 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Petrea"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bcf1241-aa9c-40f6-aae7-da93c0eb08c8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6486c2ec95a5ce11df5491ad2770273a22e27cf23d6d473fd0633fa9e837220d"
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 590 (2019_20) — Tybee Island, City of; filling of vacancies; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Tybee Island, approved April 20, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4462), as amended, so as to provide for the filling of vacancies; to provide for the election and duties of a mayor pro tem; to provide for elections; 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. **HB 590/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186280.pdf)
2. **LC 45 0159ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184187.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184202.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **159–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** House Hopper
- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Act 16 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bcf1241-aa9c-40f6-aae7-da93c0eb08c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).