republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-217.md

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Bill	Acworth, City of; change the corporate boundaries	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Acworth," approved February 17, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3512), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4736), an Act approved April 17, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6445), an Act approved March 30, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4245), and an Act approved September 21, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, Ex. Sess., p. 322), so as to change the corporate boundaries; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 217	Georgia SB 217 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bruce Thompson Horacena Tate Judson Hill Lindsey Tippins Michael 'Doc' Rhett	4	13	1	2015-03-11	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/98dc004d-dee7-476a-9d10-bfa709a07cdd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bd03ec56d5b4f01e63330b023561c7fd31ba8132f4bcfbbb491237b0f75e377e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 217 (2015_16) — Acworth, City of; change the corporate boundaries

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Acworth," approved February 17, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3512), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4736), an Act approved April 17, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6445), an Act approved March 30, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4245), and an Act approved September 21, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, Ex. Sess., p. 322), so as to change the corporate boundaries; 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 LC21 3736 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 217 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 217/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 47–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Horacena Tate — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-11 Senate Hopper
• 2015-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-04-02 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-04-02 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 293 executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98dc004d-dee7-476a-9d10-bfa709a07cdd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).