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type: "Bill"
title: "Commission of the Unified Government of Webster County; readopt and revise laws"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to readopt and revise the laws pertaining to the Commission of the Unified Government of Webster County, Georgia; to provide for statutes as a municipal corporation and county; to provide for powers of the unified government; to provide for tax districts; to provide for the commission; 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 737"
citation: "Georgia HB 737 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cheokas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-14"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/102306ea-b05f-49e3-9864-46199dfdeda0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a86482aad88fc3a04039446a8124e8be250b9044b195af9c3c04e52e5871032a"
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 737 (2023_24) — Commission of the Unified Government of Webster County; readopt and revise laws
A BILL to be entitled an Act to readopt and revise the laws pertaining to the Commission of the Unified Government of Webster County, Georgia; to provide for statutes as a municipal corporation and county; to provide for powers of the unified government; to provide for tax districts; to provide for the commission; 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 737/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219994.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2420ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217858.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217944.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-14** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 206 `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/102306ea-b05f-49e3-9864-46199dfdeda0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).