---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dalton, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Dalton in Whitfield County, Georgia; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for a municipal court and the judge or judges thereof; to provide for practices and procedures; to provide for taxation and fees; to provide for franchises, service charges, and assessments; to provide for bonded and other indebtedness; to provide for accounting and budgeting; to provide for the sale of property; to provide for penalties; to provide for an independent school system; to provide for public utilities; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for fire and police departments and chiefs thereof; to provide for related matters; to provide for prior ordinances and pending matters; to repeal specific Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1229"
citation: "Georgia HB 1229 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kasey Carpenter", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73ef3412-f860-43d7-bc55-cfea012924d5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f2507db5feafac1fe00d221b9a0d0aa1756d7b873951e7b8a95ccdec8ba180a1"
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 1229 (2023_24) — Dalton, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Dalton in Whitfield County, Georgia; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for a municipal court and the judge or judges thereof; to provide for practices and procedures; to provide for taxation and fees; to provide for franchises, service charges, and assessments; to provide for bonded and other indebtedness; to provide for accounting and budgeting; to provide for the sale of property; to provide for penalties; to provide for an independent school system; to provide for public utilities; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for fire and police departments and chiefs thereof; to provide for related matters; to provide for prior ordinances and pending matters; to repeal specific Acts; 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 1229/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228440.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2800/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223703.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223787.pdf)
4. **Sen Ctee sub LC 47 2867S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225881.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #498 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #580 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Act 528 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73ef3412-f860-43d7-bc55-cfea012924d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).