---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kennesaw, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Kennesaw; to provide for reincorporation; to provide for an effective date; to repeal specific laws; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 629"
citation: "Georgia HB 629 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Gregory", "David Wilkerson", "Ed Setzler", "John Carson", "Sam Teasley", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f2811cd-bfa3-488b-bb2a-06ba0fed3e02"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dcdbae3c2f812053e901e2fd07fe177787d7f4697802439ef41a53402c8529b2"
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 629 (2013_14) — Kennesaw, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Kennesaw; to provide for reincorporation; to provide for an effective date; to repeal specific laws; 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 629/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136761.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3853T/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134917.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **161–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Gregory — primary (person)
- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Sam Teasley — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-20** House Hopper
- **2013-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-22** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2013-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 160 `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/4f2811cd-bfa3-488b-bb2a-06ba0fed3e02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).