republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-1117.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Port Wentworth, City of; change penalties imposed by municipal court	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Port Wentworth, and to grant a charter to such city, approved February 6, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 2003), as amended, so as to change the penalties which may be imposed by the municipal court; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 1117	Georgia HB 1117 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens	2	13	1	2014-03-05	2014-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/75467bf8-e44a-4416-b291-3400b7a7b6b9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7771877b48b06bcb7f59130d5224ec6f94d859bbafd8923c342c53023dd5fe94	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1117 (2013_14) — Port Wentworth, City of; change penalties imposed by municipal court

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Port Wentworth, and to grant a charter to such city, approved February 6, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 2003), as amended, so as to change the penalties which may be imposed by the municipal court; to provide for related matters; to provide an 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 1117/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 7180/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 149–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-03-05 House Hopper
• 2014-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-10 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-25 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-29 Act 651 executive-signature
• 2014-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75467bf8-e44a-4416-b291-3400b7a7b6b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).