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type: "Bill"
title: "Trenton, City of; Dade County; change position of city clerk from elective to appointive; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating and providing a new charter for the City of Trenton in Dade County, approved March 26, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4725), as amended, so as to change the position of city clerk from elective to appointive; to provide for the current city clerk to serve out the remainder of his or her term; to provide for the appointment of city clerks; to provide for the election of certain city officers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 597"
citation: "Georgia HB 597 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dewayne Hill", "John Deffenbaugh", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aafee55-229e-4d70-809d-39289f1bb1e8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e4b6840f7a154f247350f6772910edf8aff600606fad3524793913ff63627828"
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 HB 597 (2017_18) — Trenton, City of; Dade County; change position of city clerk from elective to appointive; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating and providing a new charter for the City of Trenton in Dade County, approved March 26, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4725), as amended, so as to change the position of city clerk from elective to appointive; to provide for the current city clerk to serve out the remainder of his or her term; to provide for the appointment of city clerks; to provide for the election of certain city officers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- Local Calendar without HB 603 & HB 613 — **1550** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dewayne Hill — primary (person)
- John Deffenbaugh — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-16** House Hopper
- **2017-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Act 106 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aafee55-229e-4d70-809d-39289f1bb1e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).