republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-709.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Forsyth, City of; powers of city manager; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Forsyth, approved May 5, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3542), so as to revise provisions related to the powers of the city manager related to appointment of department heads; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 709	Georgia HB 709 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Dale Washburn David Knight Robert Dickey	3	12	2	2023-03-09	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/0138f173-c452-45d3-aa38-db0c26c32dde	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d1476b1423f65944b8ac9eed88be4d98a31ac194c49fa39037c9d2930e524b17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 709 (2023_24) — Forsyth, City of; powers of city manager; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Forsyth, approved May 5, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3542), so as to revise provisions related to the powers of the city manager related to appointment of department heads; 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 709/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2092/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #476 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #242 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 157–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dale Washburn — primary (person)
• David Knight — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-09 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-16 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-03-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08 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 636 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0138f173-c452-45d3-aa38-db0c26c32dde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).