republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-147.md

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Bill	Elberton, City of; change description of election districts	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act authorizing and directing the mayor and council of the City of Elberton to divide said city into wards, approved August 5, 1921 (Ga. L. 1921, p. 932), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 28, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 3634), so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for manner of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 147	Georgia HB 147 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Tom McCall	2	13	1	2013-01-29	2013-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/983a8e5e-aae1-4633-95fa-1c758f3bf5aa	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	56988c9ffda47f9dee04e5667af36dcbf0e3cd70e4dcdcb33685ec5496af54cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 147 (2013_14) — Elberton, City of; change description of election districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act authorizing and directing the mayor and council of the City of Elberton to divide said city into wards, approved August 5, 1921 (Ga. L. 1921, p. 932), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 28, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 3634), so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for manner of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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. HB 147/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6451/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 151–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tom McCall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-29 House Hopper
• 2013-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-08 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 56 executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/983a8e5e-aae1-4633-95fa-1c758f3bf5aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).