republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-688.md

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Bill	Covington, City of; term limits for the governing authority of such municipality; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate and to grant a new charter to the City of Covington, approved January 30, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 2003), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 18, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 3157), so as to provide for term limits for the governing authority of such municipality; to provide for a referendum; to provide for contingent effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 688	Georgia HB 688 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Dave Belton Pam Dickerson Roger Rutledge	3	12	1	2019-03-25	2019-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/0979d5a6-df14-4358-adbd-ca6b5920aaf2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b143fb73648ef9c6242163273df826dc3d2fb3e53d5266a9d35696e1c9256033	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 688 (2019_20) — Covington, City of; term limits for the governing authority of such municipality; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate and to grant a new charter to the City of Covington, approved January 30, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 2003), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 18, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 3157), so as to provide for term limits for the governing authority of such municipality; to provide for a referendum; to provide for contingent effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; 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 688/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 45 0291/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 152–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Dave Belton — primary (person)
• Pam Dickerson — primary (person)
• Roger Rutledge — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-25 House Hopper
• 2019-03-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-28 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 180 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0979d5a6-df14-4358-adbd-ca6b5920aaf2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).