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type: "Bill"
title: "Cave Spring, City of; revise and modernize charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reincorporate the City of Cave Spring, approved April 28, 1969 (Ga. L. 1969, p. 3872), as amended, so as to revise and modernize the charter of such city; to abolish the office of mayor; to create the office of city manager; to provide for powers and duties of the city council and the city manager; to provide for related matters; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 716"
citation: "Georgia HB 716 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lumsden", "Katie Dempsey", "Matt Barton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ef85897-dac6-4c49-92de-4272c1fad86e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "29a58ce17314bcad22c7b2740bf9bc2196958fc8fcbd811df79bc9ddb440bf2d"
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 716 (2023_24) — Cave Spring, City of; revise and modernize charter
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reincorporate the City of Cave Spring, approved April 28, 1969 (Ga. L. 1969, p. 3872), as amended, so as to revise and modernize the charter of such city; to abolish the office of mayor; to create the office of city manager; to provide for powers and duties of the city council and the city manager; to provide for related matters; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; 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 716/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219561.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2418/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217654.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217723.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #263 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Matt Barton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 193 `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/1ef85897-dac6-4c49-92de-4272c1fad86e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).