---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Powder Springs; update the boundaries of the city; adopt by reference"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Powder Springs, approved March 13, 1970 (Ga. L. 1970, p. 2760), as amended, so as to adopt by reference a certain map to update the boundaries of the city; 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: "SB 310"
citation: "Georgia SB 310 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horacena Tate", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1596bcb-b0ba-4c5d-b3bb-0021ee29aeba"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5b701e9fcdf71b913ffd789fc1b7db7ee51a6b60751f172738f6abc69c17c0cd"
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 SB 310 (2023_24) — City of Powder Springs; update the boundaries of the city; adopt by reference

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Powder Springs, approved March 13, 1970 (Ga. L. 1970, p. 2760), as amended, so as to adopt by reference a certain map to update the boundaries of the city; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219162.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 2433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218261.pdf)
3. **SB 310 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218288.pdf)
4. **SB 310/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220072.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #336 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #272 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Horacena Tate — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 138 `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/c1596bcb-b0ba-4c5d-b3bb-0021ee29aeba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).