---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fort Oglethorpe, City of; change the corporate limits"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Fort Oglethorpe, approved April 1, 1996 (Ga. L 1996, p. 3892), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits; 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: "SB 259"
citation: "Georgia SB 259 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Mullis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2bcfeb8-54f8-4c26-8a19-d85a4da9a210"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "188399745d9bec72bf03ca51b7382693c47f60d4ebd1a91401cc87e2955265bc"
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 SB 259 (2013_14) — Fort Oglethorpe, City of; change the corporate limits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Fort Oglethorpe, approved April 1, 1996 (Ga. L 1996, p. 3892), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits; 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. **As introduced LC 28 6778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134804.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135566.pdf)
3. **SB 259 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137216.pdf)
4. **SB259/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136955.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-20** Senate Hopper
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 79 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2bcfeb8-54f8-4c26-8a19-d85a4da9a210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).