---
type: "Bill"
title: "Moreland, Town of; Recorder's Court; repeal provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the Town of Moreland, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 5053), as amended, so as to repeal provisions related to the Recorder's Court; to establish a municipal court; to provide for judges of such court; to provide for convening, jurisdiction, and powers of such court; to provide for appeals; to provide for rules of court; 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 783"
citation: "Georgia HB 783 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Jenkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/839ce60e-b527-495b-b65c-ee2c924f8bea"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "69b668829be5d4ea754a2d31a275c13ad1265e912a209fb0a37bc2c9bbe7bcde"
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 783 (2023_24) — Moreland, Town of; Recorder's Court; repeal provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the Town of Moreland, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 5053), as amended, so as to repeal provisions related to the Recorder's Court; to establish a municipal court; to provide for judges of such court; to provide for convening, jurisdiction, and powers of such court; to provide for appeals; to provide for rules of court; 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 783/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220012.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2402/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218547.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218746.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Jenkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 320 `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/839ce60e-b527-495b-b65c-ee2c924f8bea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).