republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-25.md

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Bill	Macon, City of; City of Payne City; Bibb County; nonpartisan elections of mayor and commissioners	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the restructuring of the government of the City of Macon, the City of Payne City, and Bibb County," approved April 20, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5595), so as to provide for nonpartisan elections of the mayor and commissioners; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 25	Georgia SB 25 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Burt Jones Cecil Staton	5	13	1	2013-01-14	2013-02-14	openstates	ocd-bill/54c85ccd-8d8a-412e-965e-0f0b54623e6c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	61b237230a1ff27eb47d8e597582126a4b88b3f77058c593e08b18a51387b040	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 25 (2013_14) — Macon, City of; City of Payne City; Bibb County; nonpartisan elections of mayor and commissioners

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the restructuring of the government of the City of Macon, the City of Payne City, and Bibb County," approved April 20, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5595), so as to provide for nonpartisan elections of the mayor and commissioners; 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 21 1856 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 21 1994S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 25 ad (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 25/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONTESTED CALENDAR — 34–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Cecil Staton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-14 Senate Hopper
• 2013-01-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-01-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-01-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-12 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-13 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-02-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-02-14 Act 3 executive-signature
• 2013-02-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54c85ccd-8d8a-412e-965e-0f0b54623e6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).