---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chatsworth, City of; certain territory into boundaries of city; provide annexation"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled \"An Act providing a new charter for the City of Chatsworth,\" approved August 18, 1923 (Ga. L. 1923, p. 529), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 4119), so as to provide for the annexation of certain territory into the boundaries of the city; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1403"
citation: "Georgia HB 1403 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Ridley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2743edde-a842-4366-a7d9-217c17f0fed6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dbed026a7ecb1e028bc0d48babb6f0f47192accd5e8fe5328e251cdd0e3b88f4"
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 1403 (2023_24) — Chatsworth, City of; certain territory into boundaries of city; provide annexation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act providing a new charter for the City of Chatsworth," approved August 18, 1923 (Ga. L. 1923, p. 529), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 4119), so as to provide for the annexation of certain territory into the boundaries of the city; 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 1403/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227217.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2858/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225526.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225549.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #646 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #660 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Ridley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-18** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Act 371 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2743edde-a842-4366-a7d9-217c17f0fed6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).