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type: "Bill"
title: "Villa Rica, City of; provide that the mayor shall appoint and remove the city manager"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1487"
citation: "Georgia HB 1487 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Huddleston", "J Collins", "Kimberly New", "Lynn Smith", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-14"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a6655b3-d34e-44d8-8949-b3d8f45e7a69"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "46bf0191d4a3e59a438325a34218bb3b151534548effb22583d7038bef6d659a"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229147.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3056/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227442.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227458.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a6655b3-d34e-44d8-8949-b3d8f45e7a69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).