---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cohutta, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Cohutta; 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 623"
citation: "Georgia HB 623 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Ridley", "Kasey Carpenter", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a91d2533-27f4-4de3-953b-cfb0385df4a5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "df261b38f593a7ed7e3b672a8caa056ad0b742dbf3e267409e141f7f7e2e47f4"
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 623 (2021_22) — Cohutta, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Cohutta; 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 623/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200456.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0809/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198617.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198714.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** House Hopper
- **2021-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10** Act 284 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a91d2533-27f4-4de3-953b-cfb0385df4a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).