republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-250.md

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Bill	Port Wentworth, City of; change the description of the council districts	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Port Wentworth, approved February 6, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 2003), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3734), and an Act approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3564), so as to change the description of the council 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	SB 250	Georgia SB 250 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Earl Carter Lester Jackson	4	13	1	2013-03-12	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/f0c8797b-2b89-4456-a1d9-8af37c7d4203	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5219f577e4f5e10715057d93acecf8bb10124c2f1566ba756b9ccd610d79bbbc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 250 (2013_14) — Port Wentworth, City of; change the description of the council districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Port Wentworth, approved February 6, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 2003), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3734), and an Act approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3564), so as to change the description of the council 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. As introduced LC 28 6707 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 250 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 250/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Earl Carter — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-12 Senate Hopper
• 2013-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 232 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0c8797b-2b89-4456-a1d9-8af37c7d4203. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).