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type: "Bill"
title: "Riceboro, City of; residency requirements for candidacy for office or mayor or councilmember; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Riceboro, approved February 19, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 4614), as amended, so as to revise provisions relating to residency requirements for candidacy for the office of mayor or councilmember; to provide for election by plurality; to revise provisions relating to filling vacancies in the office of mayor or councilmember; to provide for compensation of the mayor pro tempore when serving as mayor; 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 675"
citation: "Georgia HB 675 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Buddy DeLoach"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e691e120-234d-4fbe-8c5a-55771da1a055"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d435faf6ce63fc3cb379489805b1f25812341dec2b38f1e7226bbe7bc7b964a9"
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 675 (2023_24) — Riceboro, City of; residency requirements for candidacy for office or mayor or councilmember; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Riceboro, approved February 19, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 4614), as amended, so as to revise provisions relating to residency requirements for candidacy for the office of mayor or councilmember; to provide for election by plurality; to revise provisions relating to filling vacancies in the office of mayor or councilmember; to provide for compensation of the mayor pro tempore when serving as mayor; 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 675/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218821.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2239/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217050.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217054.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #253 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #229 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-06** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 173 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e691e120-234d-4fbe-8c5a-55771da1a055`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).