---
type: "Bill"
title: "Webster County; Board of Commissioners; clarify governing authority is the Unified Government of Webster County"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of Webster County, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 3559), as amended; to thereby clarify that the governing authority of said county is the Unified Government of Webster County, Georgia; to provide for the devolution of all assets and obligations of said board of commissioners to the Unified Government of Webster County, Georgia; to provide for other related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 728"
citation: "Georgia HB 728 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cheokas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-14"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29bb97cf-56ad-4c47-bfbb-7c19d141bfd9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7d71ea370acbf5945c115f32daa3e60d8254d6bf958ef05ab339a89630f1e5d5"
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 728 (2023_24) — Webster County; Board of Commissioners; clarify governing authority is the Unified Government of Webster County

A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of Webster County, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 3559), as amended; to thereby clarify that the governing authority of said county is the Unified Government of Webster County, Georgia; to provide for the devolution of all assets and obligations of said board of commissioners to the Unified Government of Webster County, Georgia; to provide for other 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 728/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219988.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2422/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217856.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217916.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 199 `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/29bb97cf-56ad-4c47-bfbb-7c19d141bfd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).