republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-238.md

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Bill	Nelson, City of; powers and duties of mayor; provisions; revise	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Nelson, approved April 7, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5615), as amended, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the powers and duties of the mayor; to add powers of the city council regarding city employees; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 238	Georgia SB 238 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Barry Loudermilk Brandon Beach John Albers	4	13	1	2013-02-28	2013-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/a2480ba9-df87-4fd4-a60c-4d664450cb92	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c0bdc411d9e1547dfa30da80f97654a678d94dc9e0a2ed8602f12498fef51e8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 238 (2013_14) — Nelson, City of; powers and duties of mayor; provisions; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Nelson, approved April 7, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5615), as amended, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the powers and duties of the mayor; to add powers of the city council regarding city employees; 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 introduced LC 40 0274 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 238 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 238/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barry Loudermilk — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-28 Senate Hopper
• 2013-03-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 51 executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2480ba9-df87-4fd4-a60c-4d664450cb92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).