---
type: "Bill"
title: "Port Wentworth, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Port Wentworth; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1175"
citation: "Georgia HB 1175 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-15"
last_action: "2020-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64fa72fb-083c-42e1-bdbd-aa026c2a2a38"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7e0606715e311f5351c7ace35fc9b888392bd2d2752eb31cc473916c8f930143"
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 1175 (2019_20) — Port Wentworth, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Port Wentworth; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal a specific Act; 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 1175/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195338.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0530/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193389.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193398.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-15** House Hopper
- **2020-06-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-07-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 526 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64fa72fb-083c-42e1-bdbd-aa026c2a2a38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).