republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1487.md

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Bill	Villa Rica, City of; provide that the mayor shall appoint and remove the city manager	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Villa Rica, approved May 8, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 3869), so as to provide that the mayor shall appoint and remove the city manager; to provide for the city council to override such actions with a supermajority vote; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1487	Georgia HB 1487 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	David Huddleston J Collins Kimberly New Lynn Smith Tyler Paul Smith	3	13	2	2024-03-14	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/9a6655b3-d34e-44d8-8949-b3d8f45e7a69	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	46bf0191d4a3e59a438325a34218bb3b151534548effb22583d7038bef6d659a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1487 (2023_24) — Villa Rica, City of; provide that the mayor shall appoint and remove the city manager

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Villa Rica, approved May 8, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 3869), so as to provide that the mayor shall appoint and remove the city manager; to provide for the city council to override such actions with a supermajority vote; 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. HB 1487/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3056/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #746 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 116–42 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #823 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Huddleston — primary (person)
• J Collins — primary (person)
• Kimberly New — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-14 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-03-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 687 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a6655b3-d34e-44d8-8949-b3d8f45e7a69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).