republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-609.md

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Bill	Demorest, City of; corporate limits of city shall include certain property; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Demorest," approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4301), as amended, so as to provide that the corporate limits of such city shall include certain property; to provide for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 609	Georgia HB 609 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Dan Gasaway Terry Rogers	2	14	1	2013-03-14	2013-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/98ba5c5f-6ea7-4aec-b37d-9b17cf6319fd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	27428c235415677801c30f9668bbd9cb2326d1bf80b5c4f370e7058458e166f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 609 (2013_14) — Demorest, City of; corporate limits of city shall include certain property; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Demorest," approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4301), as amended, so as to provide that the corporate limits of such city shall include certain property; to provide for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for 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 609/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 37 1612/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 161–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Gasaway — primary (person)
• Terry Rogers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-14 House Hopper
• 2013-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-22 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2013-03-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-26 Act 85 executive-signature
• 2013-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98ba5c5f-6ea7-4aec-b37d-9b17cf6319fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).