---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hagan, City of; change description of election districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Hagan, approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4296), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for manner of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 542"
citation: "Georgia HB 542 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delvis Dutton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-04"
last_action: "2013-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb598cd1-dd91-43f5-b5d7-6c438c5e13b1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "106590408f2bc7bc7981370cc8f3c3958d905a27b2f8e63f04adb3c1e6fab590"
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 542 (2013_14) — Hagan, City of; change description of election districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Hagan, approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4296), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for manner of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; 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 542/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135403.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6554/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133333.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar 3-12-13 — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Delvis Dutton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-04** House Hopper
- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-12** House Postponed
- **2013-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Act 112 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb598cd1-dd91-43f5-b5d7-6c438c5e13b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).