---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statham, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Statham, Georgia; to repeal all prior charters for the City of Statham, Georgia, and enactments, local legislation or home rule amendments relating thereto made prior to the effective date of this enactment; to provide for definitions; 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: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1447"
citation: "Georgia HB 1447 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Holt Persinger", "Houston Gaines"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-04"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb93b348-11f1-47ff-8a3d-65bc26bbcee8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1b8ed4aa85eb8aebf898331ffbe9198154ec8b46593cee55e9c9db3770e6a8cb"
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 1447 (2023_24) — Statham, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Statham, Georgia; to repeal all prior charters for the City of Statham, Georgia, and enactments, local legislation or home rule amendments relating thereto made prior to the effective date of this enactment; to provide for definitions; 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. **HB 1447/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227864.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2950/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226357.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226366.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #674 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #688 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-04** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** 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 666 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb93b348-11f1-47ff-8a3d-65bc26bbcee8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).