---
type: "Bill"
title: "Darien, City of; increase a residency requirement to one year"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Darien, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4328), as amended, so as to increase a residency requirement to one year; 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 727"
citation: "Georgia HB 727 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy DeLoach"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4047c8a-9ef5-4d77-8f54-46e395e8d587"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9e5090749158055c0b6dcc51b28efb8c930a2035fd038eb054bdd93ba0ad4272"
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 727 (2023_24) — Darien, City of; increase a residency requirement to one year

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Darien, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4328), as amended, so as to increase a residency requirement to one year; 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 727/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219573.pdf)
2. **LC 46 0625/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217706.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217766.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #263 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** 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 198 `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/e4047c8a-9ef5-4d77-8f54-46e395e8d587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).