---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Kingsland Community Improvement Districts Act of 2013; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in the City of Kingsland; to provide for a short title; to provide for the purposes of such districts; to provide for definitions; to provide for severability; 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 586"
citation: "Georgia HB 586 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis Black", "Jason Spencer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-12"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b0a361c-3b2f-49fb-990a-6e6dbbbc3df9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d552eb7a71e3b4e47fc6088a6cb95b1e6786c8349ec5dc3a758ea2a967660194"
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 586 (2013_14) — City of Kingsland Community Improvement Districts Act of 2013; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in the City of Kingsland; to provide for a short title; to provide for the purposes of such districts; to provide for definitions; to provide for severability; 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 586/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136626.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3819/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134266.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Jason Spencer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-12** House Hopper
- **2013-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 145 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b0a361c-3b2f-49fb-990a-6e6dbbbc3df9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).