---
type: "Bill"
title: "Thomaston, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Thomaston; 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 695"
citation: "Georgia HB 695 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f308f1aa-6e40-4a01-bc54-8e8516ce0884"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a94cfaa66a8007b946c94b4296084f825c5dde7136d2561ef3ae7300c0037428"
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 695 (2023_24) — Thomaston, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Thomaston; 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 695/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219553.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2247/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217326.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217344.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #242 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beth Camp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 184 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f308f1aa-6e40-4a01-bc54-8e8516ce0884`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).