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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Covington, City of; change corporate limits"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Covington, approved May 6, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 4011), so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1475"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1475 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Doreen Carter", "Sharon Henderson", "Tim Fleming"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-13"
+last_action: "2024-06-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da942346-79dd-4212-918e-697ec5b3c669"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b79f51b26aa3b301885798236146e4afeff94aa8756a4def904875fedcb4b8ab"
+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 1475 (2023_24) — Covington, City of; change corporate limits
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Covington, approved May 6, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 4011), so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; 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 1475/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228565.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3018/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227096.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227152.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #716 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–6** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #761 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Doreen Carter — primary (person)
+- Sharon Henderson — primary (person)
+- Tim Fleming — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-13** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 681 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-06-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da942346-79dd-4212-918e-697ec5b3c669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+