republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-5.md

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Bill	Forest Park, City of; councilmember votes for calling special meeting; change number	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Forest Park in the County of Clayton, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4409), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3545), so as to change the number of councilmember votes for calling a special meeting, transacting business, overriding a veto, transacting emergency business, removing the city manager, removing a director, removing a member of a board, or removing an officer; to remove a certain provision relating to at-large voting; to provide for submission for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters, to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 5	Georgia HB 5 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Darryl Jordan Keisha Waites Mike Glanton Sandra Scott Valencia Stovall	3	14	1	2012-11-19	2013-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/732dc8d5-227e-4ab1-aaac-4af08f22e884	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	926f5d2d940257732b1627c59d5c10da4f4f87c52b526e27506cda8cc011d509	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 5 (2013_14) — Forest Park, City of; councilmember votes for calling special meeting; change number

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Forest Park in the County of Clayton, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4409), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3545), so as to change the number of councilmember votes for calling a special meeting, transacting business, overriding a veto, transacting emergency business, removing the city manager, removing a director, removing a member of a board, or removing an officer; to remove a certain provision relating to at-large voting; to provide for submission for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 5/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 1875/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 21 1875/pf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 151–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darryl Jordan — primary (person)
• Keisha Waites — primary (person)
• Mike Glanton — primary (person)
• Sandra Scott — primary (person)
• Valencia Stovall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-11-19 House Prefiled introduction
• 2013-01-16 House Hopper
• 2013-01-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-08 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-07 Act 329 executive-signature
• 2013-05-07 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/732dc8d5-227e-4ab1-aaac-4af08f22e884. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).