---
type: "Bill"
title: "Powder Springs, City of; change description of wards"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Powder Springs, approved March 13, 1970 (Ga. L. 1970, p. 2760), as amended, so as to change the description of the wards; 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 633"
citation: "Georgia HB 633 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Gregory", "David Wilkerson", "Earl Ehrhart", "Michael Smith", "Roger Bruce", "Stacey Evans"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/067de7d3-4536-4edc-b76a-30cb6a569abf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ea319de35b17f9688f789868f646a572e1cc01c2d886765711f37e3258bab061"
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 633 (2013_14) — Powder Springs, City of; change description of wards

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Powder Springs, approved March 13, 1970 (Ga. L. 1970, p. 2760), as amended, so as to change the description of the wards; 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 633/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137132.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6734/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134911.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Gregory — primary (person)
- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Michael Smith — primary (person)
- Roger Bruce — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — 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`
- **2013-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 158 `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/067de7d3-4536-4edc-b76a-30cb6a569abf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).