# Georgia HB 587: Cartersville, City of; provide for a finance director

Georgia HB 587, Cartersville, City of; provide for a finance director, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Matthew Gambill (Republican), Mitchell Scoggins (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (House Date Signed by Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 587
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Cartersville, City of; provide for a finance director
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-21
- Last action: 2025-05-13, House Date Signed by Governor
- Sponsors: Matthew Gambill (Republican), Mitchell Scoggins (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Intragovernmental Coordination, State and Local Governmental Operations, Local Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (218 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New technology fee on Cartersville fines: cost, low. Cartersville Municipal Court adds a technology fee to each criminal or quasi-criminal fine. The judge sets the fee, capped at $20 per fine. Money goes only toward court and police technology, including computers, software, imaging, scanning, fax, communications, projection and printing equipment, a…
- New Cartersville finance and clerk safeguards: mixed, low. Cartersville’s finance director replaces the city clerk as treasurer and must accurately track city money received and spent. The mayor and council approve the director’s appointment using the same process as other department heads. They also appoint the city clerk, who keeps the city seal and coun…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Matthew Gambill (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Mitchell Scoggins (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-21 | Senate | LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR | pass | 53 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-03-10 | House | Local Calendar | pass | 165 | 0 | 8 |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-05-13: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-05-13: Act 149
- 2025-05-13: Effective Date
- 2025-04-07: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2025-03-21: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-03-10: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-10: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-02-26: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-02-24: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-02-21: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HB 587/AP* (v4): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237017)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 587/AP* (v4) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237017)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB587-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).