---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Madison; mayor's vote when the city council is electing a mayor pro tempore; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Madison, approved October 6, 1891 (Ga. L. 1890-91, Vol. II, p. 827), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 4, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4137), so as to revise provisions related to the mayor's vote when the city council is electing a mayor pro tempore; to revise provisions related to the compensation of the mayor, mayor pro tempore, and councilmembers; 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: "SB 580"
citation: "Georgia SB 580 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-13"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6d22cfd-875c-4cfb-b109-5a32732a8018"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2ba3fd906325ce68ddc26e546136d75bb7e802c9a4187407745ef289e70e59ca"
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 580 (2023_24) — City of Madison; mayor's vote when the city council is electing a mayor pro tempore; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Madison, approved October 6, 1891 (Ga. L. 1890-91, Vol. II, p. 827), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 4, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4137), so as to revise provisions related to the mayor's vote when the city council is electing a mayor pro tempore; to revise provisions related to the compensation of the mayor, mayor pro tempore, and councilmembers; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227851.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 2966** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227085.pdf)
3. **SB 580 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227086.pdf)
4. **SB 580/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229564.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #688 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #832 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-13** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 431 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6d22cfd-875c-4cfb-b109-5a32732a8018`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).