republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-286.md

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Bill	Hawkinsville, City of; Pulaski County; create and incorporate new political body corporate under name Hawkinsville-Pulaski County, Georgia	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the restructuring of the governments of the City of Hawkinsville and Pulaski County; to create and incorporate a new political body corporate under the name Hawkinsville-Pulaski County, Georgia; to provide for the status, boundaries, and powers of the restructured government; to provide for the form, administration, and affairs of the restructured government; to provide for officers and employees, elections, courts, authorities, taxation, and finance; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 286	Georgia HB 286 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Buddy Harden	2	15	1	2013-02-11	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4311225f-841f-4f52-8c87-90acb582a3cf	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0b9f88f10a3dc4d1f3ffc2a8a63e223bc36fff335db469647f8149d0f66b7d8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 286 (2013_14) — Hawkinsville, City of; Pulaski County; create and incorporate new political body corporate under name Hawkinsville-Pulaski County, Georgia

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the restructuring of the governments of the City of Hawkinsville and Pulaski County; to create and incorporate a new political body corporate under the name Hawkinsville-Pulaski County, Georgia; to provide for the status, boundaries, and powers of the restructured government; to provide for the form, administration, and affairs of the restructured government; to provide for officers and employees, elections, courts, authorities, taxation, and finance; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates; 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 286/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6484ER/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 155–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buddy Harden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-11 House Hopper
• 2013-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-14 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2013-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 81 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4311225f-841f-4f52-8c87-90acb582a3cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).