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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fort Valley Utility Commission; provide for establishment and powers"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Fort Valley, approved August 22, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 651), as amended, so as to provide for the establishment and powers of the Fort Valley Utility Commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 685"
+citation: "Georgia HB 685 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Patty Bentley", "Robert Dickey"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-25"
+last_action: "2019-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0051bba-05b1-4b6b-81d0-8b91f4a86927"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "8ce3627ace03187cf776f8faf9ea5b0b46d34b9e528705385be24a6af928a318"
+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 685 (2019_20) — Fort Valley Utility Commission; provide for establishment and powers
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Fort Valley, approved August 22, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 651), as amended, so as to provide for the establishment and powers of the Fort Valley Utility Commission; 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 685/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187529.pdf)
+2. **LC 45 0311ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185863.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185920.pdf)
+4. **Sen ctee sub LC 45 0324ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186964.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Supplemental Local Calendar — **157–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-25** House Hopper
+- **2019-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Act 221 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0051bba-05b1-4b6b-81d0-8b91f4a86927`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+