---
type: "Bill"
title: "Andersonville, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Andersonville; to provide for sale and lease of city property; to provide for prior ordinances; to provide for existing personnel; to provide for pending matters; to provide for construction; to provide for severability; to repeal specific Acts; 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 597"
citation: "Georgia HB 597 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cheokas", "Patty Marie Stinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc1ce952-ac40-4e52-8d2f-6821b8aebd18"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "00f53fac3c9e8c8c569f10c2518f30e512015a9cf6c9123995353eb114e130de"
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 597 (2023_24) — Andersonville, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Andersonville; to provide for sale and lease of city property; to provide for prior ordinances; to provide for existing personnel; to provide for pending matters; to provide for construction; to provide for severability; to repeal specific Acts; 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 597/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219334.pdf)
2. **LC 46 0499/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216078.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216139.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #242 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #272 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
- Patty Marie Stinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** 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`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 280 `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/bc1ce952-ac40-4e52-8d2f-6821b8aebd18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).