---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bonded debt; population Act provision relating to dates of bond elections; repeal"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-82-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections for approval of bonded debt, so as to repeal a population Act provision relating to dates of bond elections; to provide for related matters; 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 834"
citation: "Georgia HB 834 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Sims", "Valerie Clark"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-23"
last_action: "2014-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d525f8ec-c0e9-4a0e-bb8a-cf888604f95a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4d5eef32f6c77cbed1bb15ec06049e973fef02ec5398b8801a679cfdc2b8dffc"
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 834 (2013_14) — Bonded debt; population Act provision relating to dates of bond elections; repeal

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-82-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections for approval of bonded debt, so as to repeal a population Act provision relating to dates of bond elections; to provide for related matters; 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 834/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145000.pdf)
2. **LC 33 5361/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138038.pdf)
3. **LC 33 5541S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140929.pdf)
4. **LC 33 5541S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139917.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **134–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Sims — primary (person)
- Valerie Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-23** House Hopper
- **2014-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 517 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d525f8ec-c0e9-4a0e-bb8a-cf888604f95a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).