---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blakely, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Blakely; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the exercise of powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, prohibitions, elections, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for conflict of interest and holding other offices; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1401"
citation: "Georgia HB 1401 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba15579a-90fd-4638-8033-51605645a8ea"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "73b3780ec8c5e0b379bc5c3e287f7239df4edf51037881b53b82efdb4a2a5ece"
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 1401 (2023_24) — Blakely, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Blakely; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the exercise of powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, prohibitions, elections, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for conflict of interest and holding other offices; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; 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 1401/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227595.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2905/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225513.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225550.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #660 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald Greene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 656 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba15579a-90fd-4638-8033-51605645a8ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).