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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hagan, City of; change description of election districts"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Hagan, approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4296), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for manner of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 542"
+citation: "Georgia HB 542 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Delvis Dutton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-03-04"
+last_action: "2013-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb598cd1-dd91-43f5-b5d7-6c438c5e13b1"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "106590408f2bc7bc7981370cc8f3c3958d905a27b2f8e63f04adb3c1e6fab590"
+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 542 (2013_14) — Hagan, City of; change description of election districts
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Hagan, approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4296), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for manner of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; 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 542/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135403.pdf)
+2. **LC 28 6554/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133333.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar 3-12-13 — **168–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Delvis Dutton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-03-04** House Hopper
+- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-12** House Postponed
+- **2013-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-04-30** Act 112 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-04-30** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb598cd1-dd91-43f5-b5d7-6c438c5e13b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+