---
type: "Bill"
title: "Swainsboro, City of; corporate limits; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Swainsboro, approved December 6, 1900 (Ga. L. 1900, p. 427), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 3699), so as to change provisions relating to the corporate limits of the city; 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 97"
citation: "Georgia HB 97 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Parrish"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02b3df12-3d16-4165-a20e-af7f9eadae18"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2bb6758c7ba5637933f3c1fe8599d5404ba081e4cb64803366c1e3f39494c50a"
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 97 (2019_20) — Swainsboro, City of; corporate limits; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Swainsboro, approved December 6, 1900 (Ga. L. 1900, p. 427), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 3699), so as to change provisions relating to the corporate limits of the city; 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 97/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181505.pdf)
2. **LC 44 0986/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180095.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180194.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butch Parrish — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** House Hopper
- **2019-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Act 92 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02b3df12-3d16-4165-a20e-af7f9eadae18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).