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type: "Bill"
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title: "Port Wentworth, City of; change the description of the council districts"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "SB 250"
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citation: "Georgia SB 250 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Earl Carter", "Lester Jackson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-03-12"
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last_action: "2013-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c8797b-2b89-4456-a1d9-8af37c7d4203"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5219f577e4f5e10715057d93acecf8bb10124c2f1566ba756b9ccd610d79bbbc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 250 (2013_14) — Port Wentworth, City of; change the description of the council districts
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 28 6707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134179.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135102.pdf)
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3. **SB 250 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134388.pdf)
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4. **SB 250/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136312.pdf)
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## Votes
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- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Earl Carter — primary (person)
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-03-12** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-03-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 232 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0c8797b-2b89-4456-a1d9-8af37c7d4203`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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