republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-640.md

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Bill	Glennville, City of; change description of wards	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Glennville, approved August 21, 1911 (Ga. L. 1911, p. 1228), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4756), so as to change the description of the wards; 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 640	Georgia HB 640 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Delvis Dutton	2	13	1	2013-03-20	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/18015fed-3105-4727-b693-f733b3c6b663	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	de4e0dd86be414dcd274099a735f90b148a2875c0f9eae3c346a102bb9c0fba9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 640 (2013_14) — Glennville, City of; change description of wards

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Glennville, approved August 21, 1911 (Ga. L. 1911, p. 1228), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4756), so as to change the description of the wards; 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 640/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6708/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 150–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Delvis Dutton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-20 House Hopper
• 2013-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 156 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18015fed-3105-4727-b693-f733b3c6b663. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).