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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Acworth, City of; change the corporate boundaries"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled \"An Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Acworth,\" approved February 17, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3512), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4736), an Act approved April 17, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6445), an Act approved March 30, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4245), and an Act approved September 21, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, Ex. Sess., p. 322), so as to change the corporate boundaries; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "SB 217"
+citation: "Georgia SB 217 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Thompson", "Horacena Tate", "Judson Hill", "Lindsey Tippins", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-03-11"
+last_action: "2015-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98dc004d-dee7-476a-9d10-bfa709a07cdd"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "bd03ec56d5b4f01e63330b023561c7fd31ba8132f4bcfbbb491237b0f75e377e"
+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 SB 217 (2015_16) — Acworth, City of; change the corporate boundaries
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Acworth," approved February 17, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3512), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4736), an Act approved April 17, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6445), an Act approved March 30, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4245), and an Act approved September 21, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, Ex. Sess., p. 322), so as to change the corporate boundaries; 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. **As introduced LC21 3736** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150959.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152819.pdf)
+3. **SB 217 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151356.pdf)
+4. **SB 217/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153859.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **47–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
+- Horacena Tate — primary (person)
+- Judson Hill — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
+- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Hopper
+- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-03-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-12** Act 293 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-12** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98dc004d-dee7-476a-9d10-bfa709a07cdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+