---
type: "Bill"
title: "Port Wentworth, City of; change penalties imposed by municipal court"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Port Wentworth, and to grant a charter to such city, approved February 6, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 2003), as amended, so as to change the penalties which may be imposed by the municipal court; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 1117"
citation: "Georgia HB 1117 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-03-05"
last_action: "2014-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75467bf8-e44a-4416-b291-3400b7a7b6b9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7771877b48b06bcb7f59130d5224ec6f94d859bbafd8923c342c53023dd5fe94"
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 1117 (2013_14) — Port Wentworth, City of; change penalties imposed by municipal court

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Port Wentworth, and to grant a charter to such city, approved February 6, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 2003), as amended, so as to change the penalties which may be imposed by the municipal court; to provide for related matters; to provide an 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 1117/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143790.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7180/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142455.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **149–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-03-05** House Hopper
- **2014-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-29** Act 651 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75467bf8-e44a-4416-b291-3400b7a7b6b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).