---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hamilton, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hamilton; to provide for incorporation, corporate boundaries, municipal powers, and exercise of powers; to provide for specific repealer; to provide an effective date; to provide a general repealer; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 1129"
citation: "Georgia HB 1129 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Pezold"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-03-07"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/694e1e34-9f28-4276-8dda-62b8ac212d1b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d01f942c207c7ac0c5a57ca1988a25a975faeecae7153bcaf2663d6887b07e41"
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 1129 (2013_14) — Hamilton, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hamilton; to provide for incorporation, corporate boundaries, municipal powers, and exercise of powers; to provide for specific repealer; to provide an effective date; to provide a general repealer; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 1129/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144482.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2530ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142765.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Pezold — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-07** House Hopper
- **2014-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Act 453 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/694e1e34-9f28-4276-8dda-62b8ac212d1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).