---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hoschton, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hoschton, Georgia; to provide for corporate boundaries and powers; to provide for a governmental structure; to provide for handling administrative affairs; to provide for a judicial branch; to provide for election and removal of officials; to provide for addressing the financial affairs of the city; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 206"
citation: "Georgia HB 206 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa165ab3-fe3b-451c-9dbb-b0f8091de9bb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9b06a6e009fa3fc9fb015f7999c487abd491db4ab6020cbf942a5f9a8d7c389f"
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 206 (2013_14) — Hoschton, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hoschton, Georgia; to provide for corporate boundaries and powers; to provide for a governmental structure; to provide for handling administrative affairs; to provide for a judicial branch; to provide for election and removal of officials; to provide for addressing the financial affairs of the city; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 206/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132746.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6456/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129825.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tommy Benton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-05** House Hopper
- **2013-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 41 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa165ab3-fe3b-451c-9dbb-b0f8091de9bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).