---
type: "Bill"
title: "Garden City; City of; change corporate limits"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Garden City, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3581), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such city; to provide descriptions; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_ss"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Georgia HB 4 (2023_ss)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Allen Westbrook", "Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Edna Jackson", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-11-29"
last_action: "2023-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69bc8b6b-13f7-4afb-9e2e-77fe1d264f94"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2d714ba5456635181aead72f4a09c6c8deb53ad52133a25e9bf976092ddcc2e1"
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 4 (2023_ss) — Garden City; City of; change corporate limits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Garden City, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3581), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such city; to provide descriptions; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 4EX/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220741)
2. **LC 47 2598/a** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220592)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220619)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anne Allen Westbrook — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Edna Jackson — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-11-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-11-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-12-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-12-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-12-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-12-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-19** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-19** Veto V1 `executive-veto`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69bc8b6b-13f7-4afb-9e2e-77fe1d264f94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).