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type: "Bill"
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title: "Blackshear, City of; city council; decrease size to five members; 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 Blackshear, approved March 19, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4091), as amended, so as to decrease the size of the city council from six to five members; to update provisions relating to elections, meetings, organization, and voting of the city council; to change the description of the council districts; to revise provisions relating to city rules and regulations related to employees; 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 788"
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citation: "Georgia HB 788 (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: ["Steven Meeks"]
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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: "2023-03-20"
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last_action: "2023-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd72dfe9-d023-43fe-b931-7261af599fcd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1980b04087318b03e435c0716a5c2909e0f2e7f3a8db0f57c313c386c2ef856a"
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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 788 (2023_24) — Blackshear, City of; city council; decrease size to five members; 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 Blackshear, approved March 19, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4091), as amended, so as to decrease the size of the city council from six to five members; to update provisions relating to elections, meetings, organization, and voting of the city council; to change the description of the council districts; to revise provisions relating to city rules and regulations related to employees; 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 788/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220015.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2475/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218540.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218751.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** Act 324 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** 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/fd72dfe9-d023-43fe-b931-7261af599fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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