---
type: "Bill"
title: "Richmond Hill, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Richmond Hill; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 546"
citation: "Georgia HB 546 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/428d0384-93e6-4b04-97d0-eef585f8e6ae"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "649ed3e7d4aa7f726f1c7a99702ec7f0ef548cc8ee9bef01cfa7422f270f22fc"
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 546 (2021_22) — Richmond Hill, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Richmond Hill; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; 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 546/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199837.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0700/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198113.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198120.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** House Hopper
- **2021-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 62 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/428d0384-93e6-4b04-97d0-eef585f8e6ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).