---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunny Side, City of; repeal Act to incorporate; transfer duties and obligations to Spalding County"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of Sunny Side, to provide a new charter for the government of said city, approved February 17, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 2626), as amended; to provide for transfer of duties and obligations to Spalding County; to provide for transfer of all legal rights, privileges, and assets to Spalding County; to establish a special tax and service district for outstanding bonded indebtedness and other obligations; to provide for transfer of all federal and state permits and licenses; to provide for the transfer of ongoing judicial actions; to provide for the continuation of zoning and land use regulations; to provide for future proceeds of special and regular local option sales taxes; to provide for the designation of the historic Sunny Side community; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 542"
citation: "Georgia HB 542 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Karen Mathiak", "Lauren Daniel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2024-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea9f2d75-112d-4308-99c2-06c432bf1614"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9d53bd4430762419e25b2faf1c7c0c9b5587fd341757080181ece611d77d5355"
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 542 (2023_24) — Sunny Side, City of; repeal Act to incorporate; transfer duties and obligations to Spalding County

A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of Sunny Side, to provide a new charter for the government of said city, approved February 17, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 2626), as amended; to provide for transfer of duties and obligations to Spalding County; to provide for transfer of all legal rights, privileges, and assets to Spalding County; to establish a special tax and service district for outstanding bonded indebtedness and other obligations; to provide for transfer of all federal and state permits and licenses; to provide for the transfer of ongoing judicial actions; to provide for the continuation of zoning and land use regulations; to provide for future proceeds of special and regular local option sales taxes; to provide for the designation of the historic Sunny Side community; 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 542/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218322.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2134/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215629.pdf)
3. **LC 47 2365S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217478.pdf)
4. **LC 47 2365S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217477.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215679.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #239 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #219 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Knight — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Lauren Daniel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 279 `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea9f2d75-112d-4308-99c2-06c432bf1614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).