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type: "Bill"
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title: "Thomson, City of; mayor and city councilmembers; provide staggered elections"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Thomson, approved March 15, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 2132), as amended, so as to provide for staggered elections of the mayor and city councilmembers; to provide for initial terms; to modernize provisions regarding elections; 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 724"
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citation: "Georgia HB 724 (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: ["Barry Fleming", "Mack Jackson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-13"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b4f133b-85f7-4dde-8f50-e5a111193cca"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a240c60aa33a4c3c865a3cdd5625fbe2cb3eb6be8c15d2ed3daf055f3eea3772"
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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 724 (2023_24) — Thomson, City of; mayor and city councilmembers; provide staggered elections
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Thomson, approved March 15, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 2132), as amended, so as to provide for staggered elections of the mayor and city councilmembers; to provide for initial terms; to modernize provisions regarding elections; 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 724/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219569.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2344/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217679.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217756.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #251 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-13** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Act 197 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
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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/8b4f133b-85f7-4dde-8f50-e5a111193cca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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