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type: "Bill"
title: "Cordele, City of; transition office of chairperson to at large commission member"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele, approved July 29, 2020 (Ga. L. 2020, p. 4122), so as to transition the office of chairperson to at large commission member; to provide for a mayor to be selected by and among the commission members; to redesignate the office of vice chairperson to mayor pro tempore; to revise voting and quorum provisions related to the commission; to make conforming changes; to provide that the city manager shall recommend the annual budget to the commission in place of the chairperson; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1438"
citation: "Georgia HB 1438 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Noel Williams, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca355fdb-e4d9-4133-8e86-0c948ff4bba4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a53290e03a31e423d795df8f3fd27ec7bc6735529df03a66cb0fd1dabec374a9"
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 1438 (2023_24) — Cordele, City of; transition office of chairperson to at large commission member
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele, approved July 29, 2020 (Ga. L. 2020, p. 4122), so as to transition the office of chairperson to at large commission member; to provide for a mayor to be selected by and among the commission members; to redesignate the office of vice chairperson to mayor pro tempore; to revise voting and quorum provisions related to the commission; to make conforming changes; to provide that the city manager shall recommend the annual budget to the commission in place of the chairperson; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 1438/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228139.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2882/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226166.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226175.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #712 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #665 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 663 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca355fdb-e4d9-4133-8e86-0c948ff4bba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).