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type: "Bill"
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title: "Covington, City of; term limits for the governing authority of such municipality; provide"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 688"
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citation: "Georgia HB 688 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Dave Belton", "Pam Dickerson", "Roger Rutledge"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-03-25"
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last_action: "2019-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0979d5a6-df14-4358-adbd-ca6b5920aaf2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b143fb73648ef9c6242163273df826dc3d2fb3e53d5266a9d35696e1c9256033"
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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 HB 688 (2019_20) — Covington, City of; term limits for the governing authority of such municipality; provide
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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.
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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. **HB 688/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187465.pdf)
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2. **LC 45 0291/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185847.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185887.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **152–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- Pam Dickerson — primary (person)
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- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-25** House Hopper
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- **2019-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-06** Act 180 `executive-signature`
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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/0979d5a6-df14-4358-adbd-ca6b5920aaf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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