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legislation/us/states/ga/2023-ss/hb-4.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Garden City; City of; change corporate limits"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Garden City, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3581), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such city; to provide descriptions; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_ss"
+identifier: "HB 4"
+citation: "Georgia HB 4 (2023_ss)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anne Allen Westbrook", "Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Edna Jackson", "Ron Stephens"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-11-29"
+last_action: "2023-12-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69bc8b6b-13f7-4afb-9e2e-77fe1d264f94"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "2d714ba5456635181aead72f4a09c6c8deb53ad52133a25e9bf976092ddcc2e1"
+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 4 (2023_ss) — Garden City; City of; change corporate limits
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Garden City, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3581), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such city; to provide descriptions; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 4EX/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220741)
+2. **LC 47 2598/a** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220592)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220619)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anne Allen Westbrook — primary (person)
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
+- Edna Jackson — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-11-29** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-11-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-11-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-12-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-12-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-12-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-12-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-12-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-12-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-12-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-12-19** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-12-19** Veto V1 `executive-veto`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69bc8b6b-13f7-4afb-9e2e-77fe1d264f94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+