---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sharon Springs, City of; incorporate"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Sharon Springs; to provide a charter; to provide for a referendum; to provide for prior ordinances and rules, pending matters, and existing personnel; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 626"
citation: "Georgia HB 626 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd Jones"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2018-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fa2c333-4e79-4d37-bcb6-2d74e620a85a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "25d10d91bccf2bfb95dc34a449a35d6a18e39ebea5b8891ea9787de7b2823f72"
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 626 (2017_18) — Sharon Springs, City of; incorporate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Sharon Springs; to provide a charter; to provide for a referendum; to provide for prior ordinances and rules, pending matters, and existing personnel; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for effective dates; 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

- PASSAGE — **159–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Todd Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28** House Hopper
- **2017-03-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** House Postponed
- **2018-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Transmitted House
- **2018-03-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-12** Act 287 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fa2c333-4e79-4d37-bcb6-2d74e620a85a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).