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type: "Bill"
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title: "Forsyth, City of; powers of city manager; revise provisions"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 709"
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citation: "Georgia HB 709 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dale Washburn", "David Knight", "Robert Dickey"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-09"
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last_action: "2024-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0138f173-c452-45d3-aa38-db0c26c32dde"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d1476b1423f65944b8ac9eed88be4d98a31ac194c49fa39037c9d2930e524b17"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 709 (2023_24) — Forsyth, City of; powers of city manager; revise provisions
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 709/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223292.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2092/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217503.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217505.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #476 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #242 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-09** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** Act 636 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0138f173-c452-45d3-aa38-db0c26c32dde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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