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type: "Bill"
title: "Ellenton, City of; election and powers of city councilmembers; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the City of Ellenton, Georgia, approved April 17, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 3073), so as to change certain provisions relating to the election and powers of city councilmembers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 440"
citation: "Georgia HB 440 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Penny Houston", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8b27055-d7a7-4dd3-93ca-eda3adc8576f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a4c2d1938343f58b21e51fc620f3e4e06e614f941ac86dba3ab88ebe8fd00fff"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 440 (2013_14) — Ellenton, City of; election and powers of city councilmembers; change certain provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the City of Ellenton, Georgia, approved April 17, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 3073), so as to change certain provisions relating to the election and powers of city councilmembers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 440/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132969.pdf)
2. **LC 35 2814/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131809.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-21** House Hopper
- **2013-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-28** 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 68 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8b27055-d7a7-4dd3-93ca-eda3adc8576f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).