---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Pine Lake; restate the city's charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Pine Lake, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 3935), as amended, so as to restate the city's charter; to change the corporate limits of such city; to transfer powers from the mayor to the city manager and vest additional powers in the city manager; to provide for the mayor to vote in case of a tie; to provide for appointment and removal of department directors; to provide for elections; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 562"
citation: "Georgia SB 562 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elena Parent", "Gail Davenport", "Gloria Butler", "Kim Jackson", "Sally Harrell", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/facc55c8-b4c1-4825-a015-23354dcf8006"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "631cc647865dc887eca2a4002f5f4141ae4c50f045e9581fb17d896481880406"
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 SB 562 (2023_24) — City of Pine Lake; restate the city's charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Pine Lake, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 3935), as amended, so as to restate the city's charter; to change the corporate limits of such city; to transfer powers from the mayor to the city manager and vest additional powers in the city manager; to provide for the mayor to vote in case of a tie; to provide for appointment and removal of department directors; to provide for elections; 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. **As introduced LC 47 2899** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225611.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226337.pdf)
3. **SB 562 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225614.pdf)
4. **SB 562/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227805.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #630 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #701 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 629 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/facc55c8-b4c1-4825-a015-23354dcf8006`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).