---
type: "Bill"
title: "Covington, City of; change corporate limits"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Covington, approved May 6, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 4011), so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1475"
citation: "Georgia HB 1475 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doreen Carter", "Sharon Henderson", "Tim Fleming"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-13"
last_action: "2024-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da942346-79dd-4212-918e-697ec5b3c669"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b79f51b26aa3b301885798236146e4afeff94aa8756a4def904875fedcb4b8ab"
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 1475 (2023_24) — Covington, City of; change corporate limits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Covington, approved May 6, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 4011), so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; 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 1475/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228565.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3018/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227096.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227152.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #716 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–6** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #761 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doreen Carter — primary (person)
- Sharon Henderson — primary (person)
- Tim Fleming — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 681 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da942346-79dd-4212-918e-697ec5b3c669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).