---
type: "Bill"
title: "Port Wentworth, City of; change compensation of mayor and council"
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 said city, approved February 6, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 2003), as amended, so as to change the compensation of the mayor and council; 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 1118"
citation: "Georgia HB 1118 (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/ee600042-06ca-44a8-bda8-508102d4f2bf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3812c514d8148ac4eda293acc15d53043cf7de0657dc2942ae7824caa1a6d82d"
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 1118 (2013_14) — Port Wentworth, City of; change compensation of mayor and council

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Port Wentworth, and to grant a charter to said city, approved February 6, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 2003), as amended, so as to change the compensation of the mayor and council; 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 1118/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143791.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7129/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142452.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 652 `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/ee600042-06ca-44a8-bda8-508102d4f2bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).