---
type: "Bill"
title: "Martin, Town of; change number of city council members; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Martin, approved March 18, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3215), as amended, so as to change the number of city council members; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for special meetings; to provide for a quorum; to provide for an effective date; 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 599"
citation: "Georgia HB 599 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Chris Erwin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6932a35f-db0e-4abe-94e8-dadc7b8d6ec1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2a2726bcc18b3d03101715af024f526f6ee54a32cf616fe868d36dd9f6d597d4"
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 599 (2023_24) — Martin, Town of; change number of city council members; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Martin, approved March 18, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3215), as amended, so as to change the number of city council members; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for special meetings; to provide for a quorum; to provide for an effective date; 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 599/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218819.pdf)
2. **LC 46 0514/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216087.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216179.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #235 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #253 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Chris Erwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** 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 281 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6932a35f-db0e-4abe-94e8-dadc7b8d6ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).