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type: "Bill"
title: "Milton, City of; city council; change description of election districts"
description: "A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Milton in Fulton County, Georgia, approved March 29, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3554), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts for the city council; 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 related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 705"
citation: "Georgia HB 705 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Jan Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99e790c2-9c89-467c-8899-20a1894ea78f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d2499e21724eeb11afdbda56b61d872b34fa152e62a6290df4cb25cb63cedc58"
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 705 (2023_24) — Milton, City of; city council; change description of election districts
A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Milton in Fulton County, Georgia, approved March 29, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3554), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts for the city council; 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 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 705/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218824.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2311/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217427.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217447.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #253 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #235 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-08** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 189 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99e790c2-9c89-467c-8899-20a1894ea78f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).