---
type: "Bill"
title: "Skidaway Island, City of; compliance with constitutional requirements; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Skidaway Island, approved May 7, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 3784); to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "Georgia HB 29 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "J. Craig Gordon", "Jesse Petrea", "Mickey Stephens", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70733f2c-9d4c-4141-884e-4f18126e11bb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "586aa20d7853f6a0c1d1b75b3a8e92e367eaf54976e53417aaf268226b1d227d"
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 29 (2019_20) — Skidaway Island, City of; compliance with constitutional requirements; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Skidaway Island, approved May 7, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 3784); to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide an effective date; 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. **HB 29/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180908.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9009/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179590.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179601.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **164–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- J. Craig Gordon — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Mickey Stephens — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** House Hopper
- **2019-01-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-06** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-06** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Senate Transmitted House
- **2019-02-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-15** Act 2 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-15** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70733f2c-9d4c-4141-884e-4f18126e11bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).