---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hawkinsville, City of; Pulaski County; create and incorporate new political body corporate under name Hawkinsville-Pulaski County, Georgia"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the restructuring of the governments of the City of Hawkinsville and Pulaski County; to create and incorporate a new political body corporate under the name Hawkinsville-Pulaski County, Georgia; to provide for the status, boundaries, and powers of the restructured government; to provide for the form, administration, and affairs of the restructured government; to provide for officers and employees, elections, courts, authorities, taxation, and finance; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 286"
citation: "Georgia HB 286 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4311225f-841f-4f52-8c87-90acb582a3cf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0b9f88f10a3dc4d1f3ffc2a8a63e223bc36fff335db469647f8149d0f66b7d8b"
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 286 (2013_14) — Hawkinsville, City of; Pulaski County; create and incorporate new political body corporate under name Hawkinsville-Pulaski County, Georgia

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the restructuring of the governments of the City of Hawkinsville and Pulaski County; to create and incorporate a new political body corporate under the name Hawkinsville-Pulaski County, Georgia; to provide for the status, boundaries, and powers of the restructured government; to provide for the form, administration, and affairs of the restructured government; to provide for officers and employees, elections, courts, authorities, taxation, and finance; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates; 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 286/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133584.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6484ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130452.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **155–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buddy Harden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-11** House Hopper
- **2013-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-14** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** 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 81 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4311225f-841f-4f52-8c87-90acb582a3cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).