---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harlem, City of; change corporate boundaries"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the City of Harlem, approved May 12, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3654), as amended, so as to change the corporate boundaries of the city; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 598"
citation: "Georgia HB 598 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Jodi Lott", "Mark Newton", "Tom McCall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68fbae95-5106-4451-915e-3e0830764767"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e5d365346d47e1cb84dbdbeec2790df432fa27c0e74257e66df383a89b0859ea"
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 598 (2019_20) — Harlem, City of; change corporate boundaries

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the City of Harlem, approved May 12, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3654), as amended, so as to change the corporate boundaries of the city; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 598/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187034.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9253/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184294.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184330.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-11** House Hopper
- **2019-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10** Veto V1 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68fbae95-5106-4451-915e-3e0830764767`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).