---
type: "Bill"
title: "Acworth, City of; adopt by reference a certain map"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled \"An Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Acworth,\" approved February 17, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3512), as amended, so as to adopt by reference a certain map; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 609"
citation: "Georgia HB 609 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Wilkerson", "Don Parsons", "Earl Ehrhart", "Ed Setzler", "John Carson", "Sam Teasley"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-20"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b58ac02a-fc36-4482-ac06-a057c08b2ec4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "92948fbef2b31cf1b9784de991d1367fb7148fd70eda2c331e82678a4a3a89fd"
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 609 (2017_18) — Acworth, City of; adopt by reference a certain map

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Acworth," approved February 17, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3512), as amended, so as to adopt by reference a certain map; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Local Calendar without HB 603 & HB 613 — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
- Don Parsons — primary (person)
- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Sam Teasley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-20** House Hopper
- **2017-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Act 161 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b58ac02a-fc36-4482-ac06-a057c08b2ec4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).