---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hartwell, City of; corporate boundaries; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Hartwell, approved April 6, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5476), as amended, so as to revise provisions related to its corporate boundaries; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 492"
citation: "Georgia HB 492 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6db40f53-06c5-4003-9cf4-ff404e17b415"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "89b7344a745c86e0a1cc6e714ca17f485f1f8a5705bf911b60ea666e2f5e74e3"
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 492 (2023_24) — Hartwell, City of; corporate boundaries; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Hartwell, approved April 6, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5476), as amended, so as to revise provisions related to its corporate boundaries; 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 492/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217594.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2178/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215268.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215285.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #203 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #130 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 122 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6db40f53-06c5-4003-9cf4-ff404e17b415`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).