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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Columbus, City of; make certain stylistic changes to charter"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the county-wide government of Columbus, Georgia, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4978), as amended, so as to make certain stylistic changes to said charter; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 417"
+citation: "Georgia HB 417 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "John Pezold", "Richard Smith"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-20"
+last_action: "2013-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe72a84-8af0-474f-a5b4-2524021bc552"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "d6697dc2d3942fae0a1445dd6612302370cf157b9fdb5feb259b3b87128754ab"
+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 417 (2013_14) — Columbus, City of; make certain stylistic changes to charter
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the county-wide government of Columbus, Georgia, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4978), as amended, so as to make certain stylistic changes to said charter; 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 417/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132968.pdf)
+2. **LC 21 1948/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131477.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **156–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
+- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- John Pezold — primary (person)
+- Richard Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-20** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-04-24** Act 64 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-04-24** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe72a84-8af0-474f-a5b4-2524021bc552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+