---
type: "Bill"
title: "Zebulon, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Zebulon, Georgia; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for general powers and limitations on powers; to provide for organization, regular, and special meetings of the city council; to provide for rules of procedure, quorums and voting regarding city council meetings; to provide for branches of government; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, qualifications, and conflicts of interest; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 642"
citation: "Georgia HB 642 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Pullin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c96cbd4-21a9-45b7-a066-03128414ac97"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "807789dd7bd272a1617d473e9e3875a911326f2ab4c5b0d95db2a93be02bf2e1"
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 642 (2019_20) — Zebulon, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Zebulon, Georgia; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for general powers and limitations on powers; to provide for organization, regular, and special meetings of the city council; to provide for rules of procedure, quorums and voting regarding city council meetings; to provide for branches of government; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, qualifications, and conflicts of interest; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 642/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187445.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0143/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185289.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185369.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ken Pullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** House Hopper
- **2019-03-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-12** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Act 163 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c96cbd4-21a9-45b7-a066-03128414ac97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).