republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-72.md

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Bill	Newnan, City of; change description of election districts	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating and providing a new charter for the City of Newnan, approved March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5160), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 21, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3914), 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 72	Georgia HB 72 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Carl Epps Lynn Smith	2	13	1	2013-01-16	2013-02-26	openstates	ocd-bill/18ec36ed-76e0-4410-af4e-e800b3ed0f86	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	efab88d647997b180b84e1cf507dc20f43cd1725e1fb12b6db51ffd5c0db2e4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 72 (2013_14) — Newnan, City of; change description of election districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating and providing a new charter for the City of Newnan, approved March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5160), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 21, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3914), 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 72/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6457/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Carl Epps — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-16 House Hopper
• 2013-01-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-01-29 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-01-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-01-29 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-01-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-08 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-02-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-02-26 Act 6 executive-signature
• 2013-02-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18ec36ed-76e0-4410-af4e-e800b3ed0f86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).