republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-397.md

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Bill	City of Locust Grove; corporate limits of such city; change	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a new Charter for the City of Locust Grove, Georgia, in the county of Henry, approved April 7, 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 4426), as amended, to change the corporate limits of such city; to provide descriptions; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 397	Georgia SB 397 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Brian Strickland Emanuel Jones Rick Williams	4	14	2	2024-01-25	2024-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/c5d65df6-312d-4909-b160-df7f6cee85fe	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8a760b3ba59eb80d0cf0d712268a2e498d34983663fe526d0fbe4ff093ff2301	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 397 (2023_24) — City of Locust Grove; corporate limits of such city; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a new Charter for the City of Locust Grove, Georgia, in the county of Henry, approved April 7, 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 4426), as amended, to change the corporate limits of such city; to provide descriptions; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 47 2597 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 397 Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 397/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #482 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #474 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-25 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-07 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-15 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-15 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2024-03-18 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-03-19 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-19 Act 369 executive-signature
• 2024-03-19 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5d65df6-312d-4909-b160-df7f6cee85fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).