---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Jeffersonville; new charter; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jeffersonville; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 517"
citation: "Georgia SB 517 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-16"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/719e5bb0-e1e9-482c-8fc6-de6ae6d3a6f5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ec9759a5673045ae9651109e6c0527a75abe076af4c1dee316209176c3f56164"
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 SB 517 (2019_20) — City of Jeffersonville; new charter; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jeffersonville; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal a specific Act; 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. **As introduced LC 47 0556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193614.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194227.pdf)
3. **SB517 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193622.pdf)
4. **SB517/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195009.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-16** Senate Hopper
- **2020-06-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 401 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/719e5bb0-e1e9-482c-8fc6-de6ae6d3a6f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).