---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hoschton, City of; new governmental structure; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hoschton, Georgia, approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3539), as amended, so as to provide for a new governmental structure; to provide for 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 754"
citation: "Georgia HB 754 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0665637c-fdad-4b9a-9122-cee462288754"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d901530670f5c06c84ae77c02d90745c8c1ddc5569eec030bbfa36013bb7cd88"
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 754 (2021_22) — Hoschton, City of; new governmental structure; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hoschton, Georgia, approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3539), as amended, so as to provide for a new governmental structure; to provide for 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 754/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201681.pdf)
2. **LC 50 0206/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200298.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200328.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **137–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tommy Benton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** House Hopper
- **2021-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** 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 86 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0665637c-fdad-4b9a-9122-cee462288754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).